Independent filmmaker John Isberg invites horror fans to pack their bags and head back to camp this season with his acclaimed slasher feature, Final Summer. Seamlessly blending the nostalgic atmosphere of 1980s horror with a modern, relentless edge, the film has officially cemented its place at the top of every horror enthusiast’s seasonal watchlist. Set

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Brinke Stevens, Celeste Blandon and Kendall Krueger lead the cast of the upcoming short film sequel, filming this September at Florida’s historic May-Stringer House. Indie Horror Junkie has officially announced the principal cast for THE CLOCK HELLS BELLS, the upcoming short film sequel to its supernatural feature film THE CLOCK. The short film is written,
Breaking Glass Pictures is excited to announce the upcoming August 16th AVOD release ofSubHysteria 2026, an expanded and newly released version of the 2010 indie thriller. The film will be available on Tubi and additional AVOD platforms. Directed by Venezuelan filmmakerLeonard Zelig,SubHysteria 2026places sixteen strangers from different backgrounds and social classes inside a New York


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A s someone who has been in the music business for almost two decades, Becky G likes to joke that she’s like a cat with nine lives in this industry. “It’s been a long journey, right? I got signed when I was 14… and I feel I’m, like, on my sixth life now as an
Martin Scorsese is the Academy-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA-, and Emmy Award-winning director behind many critically acclaimed films over the past several decades. But we have yet to see Scorsese direct a horror movie. He’s dipped a toe into the genre with films like Shutter Island, but now he’s taking the plunge with What Happens at


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Comic books are popular around the world, and sometimes, comics from other countries make their way to the United States thanks to the wonders of translation. An imperfect yet incredible and necessary art, translation allows us to enjoy stories that would otherwise be closed to us. Chances are that if you’re a big-time comics fan,
The Trump-affiliated account attempted to use “I Bet You Think About Me” in latest antagonistic post The White House is once again trying to provoke Taylor Swift. On Wednesday, the official White House TikTok account posted a new video of Donald Trump glad-handing around with Swift’s 2021 vault “I Bet You Think About Me” as
You ask, we answer! @DrKarenDDS writes, “You guys always know all the things! I am in love with Madam First Lady’s outfit!! Where is it from?” Michelle Obama sat down with Megan Thee Stallion for an episode of her podcast wearing a cropped silk faille utility jacket and matching skirt from the Sergio Hudson Collection
Kim Kardashian and mom Kris Jenner have prevailed again in their defamation war against Ray J, with a Los Angeles judge siding with the mother-daughter duo and declining to dismiss their claims. Ray J, born William Ray Norwood Jr., had sought to dismiss the lawsuit by arguing it had no merit and was filed to


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Exclusive Interview: Austin Galante (Sanguine Teeth on a Driftless Road, The Fairfield County Four) You have produced music with legendary icons like Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Cee Lo Green, and KRS-One. How did you first break into collaborating with these major hip-hop figures, and how has your background as the frontman for the punk-rap band
The massive backlash over director Eli Roth’s new movie, Ice Cream Man, has turned a simple horror flick into a massive war over the future of movies. At first, the filmmakers claimed the cool, retro animation in the movie was drawn by hand. But when people looked at the credits, they found out an AI
Get ready for a deadly, high-stakes game of deception in paradise. Signature Entertainment and Highland Film Group are proud to announce the upcoming release of Just Play Dead, a twisty, vibrant tropical cat-and-mouse thriller directed by legendary filmmaker Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro). The film will debut in select theaters on August
From The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats to Frederick by Leo Lionni to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom illustrated by Lois Ehlert, there are lots of beloved classic picture books that use collage to create beautiful illustrations. And with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the more than 70 other books he created using a distinct
When teachers and romance novels appear in the same sentence, I bet nine out of ten romance readers think of student/teacher tropes. Theoretically, I understand the appeal of this popular pairing. Student/teacher romances promise forbidden love, sneaking around, and shared intellectual passion. But along with these come an imbalance of power, age gaps, and, often,
The singer’s band with producer Daniel James released their second projecton Wednesday Six months after Hayley Williams and producer Daniel James launched their new band, Power Snatch, with EP1, the duo is back with part two. On Wednesday, EP2 released on Bandcamp with four songs including “Machete,” “New Legs,” “Born Dead,” and “Hell Is a
The NFL star spoke about his big day for the first time during the Kansas City Chiefs’ training camp Travis Kelce has shared his first comments about his wedding to Taylor Swift. “It was a fun off-season. The wedding was the best night of my life,” the NFL star said when asked about his off-season
Sean Combs has countersued accuser Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones for allegedly “stealing” the music mogul’s personal documentary footage and selling it to Netflix for the streamer’s 50 Cent-produced docuseries. In a lengthy complaint filed Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Combs also claimed that Jones made a number of defamatory statements in the four-part special,
When Fenix Flexin and Tyga worked together in a studio this summer, Tyga realized they had independently landed on a similar Eighties sound. By then, Fenix, the Los Angeles rapper and Shoreline Mafia member, had released a song called “Rubberz” with producer Purps on the Beat. It sounded like a record transmitted straight from a
Things are getting complicated for The Band Perry. On Tuesday night, Neil Perry, one of three Perry siblings, took to Instagram to explain his side of what he claims is the dissolution of the band. Perry is no longer a member of the group that’s now led by his sister Kimberly and her husband, Johnny
A Los Angeles County judge granted a trial date Wednesday to the woman who claims Marilyn Manson sexually assaulted her at his West Hollywood home studio in 2010 and later subjected her to physical and emotional abuse when she worked as his assistant. At a court hearing, Judge Steve Cochran noted the case had “traveled
Ritchie Blackmore hasn’t made a single live appearance with Deep Purple since his tumultuous exit from the heavy metal group back in 1993, and he bailed on their 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony when the group refused to share the stage with him that night. But in a rather stunning turn
There’s something incredibly satisfying about finding a horror franchise that somehow flew under your radar for years. While everyone was talking about the big American slashers of the 2000s, Norway quietly delivered one of the best modern slasher trilogies you’ve probably never seen. Thankfully, Second Sight Films is givingCold Preythe deluxe treatment it deserves. Set
Reducing nicotine quickly usually works best when the approach is structured rather than extreme. For adults looking at alternatives while they cut back, alt vapes are presented by alt. as a New Zealand option for adults transitioning away from cigarettes, with a focus on recyclable products and smoking cessation support. That does not remove the
The Alien Report is exactly what you want from a movie attempting to tell the alien-abduction story that abductees around the world have been describing for decades: you want to see the aliens, you want to know what’s happening, and you want to see it all unfold in frightening, up-close detail. Now streaming free on
In the volatile landscape of cult horror fandom, few films command the fierce, generational loyalty of Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 masterpiece, The Return of the Living Dead. For nearly forty years, its legacy of punk-rock energy, groundbreaking practical effects, and morbid dark humor has remained untarnished. However, that legacy recently faced its gravest modern threat not