in the same vein as Friday the 13th and the Hellraiser franchises the Predator franchise has caught in its own legal battle, with Disney having acquired the franchise as part of their 20th Century Fox acquisition but the writers of the original movie suing in an effort to recapture the rights.
Fresh from the $1.5 billion–grossing (and growing) Spider-Man: No Way Home, filmmaker Jon Watts has signed on to produce Final Destination 6 for New Line Cinema.
Following the shocking conclusion of Dexter: New Blood, CBS Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of a limited edition steelbook. This release will accompany a general Blu-ray and DVD release of the limited miniseries developed by Showtime as a continuation of the series Dexter.
Prime Video has opted not to order a second season of I Know What You Did Last Summer, a modern take on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan and the 1997 film adaptation.
The YA horror series, produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures TV, debuted Oct. 15 to mixed reviews with the first four episodes, followed by a weekly releases capped by the season finale on Nov. 12.
1986 classic The Hitcher is finally getting a Blu-ray release from the Second Sight Films, the company behind the recent 4K Ultra HD release of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. 
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American writer Anne Rice, whose Interview With The Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died at the age of 80.
Her son Christopher Rice, also an author, announced the news via Anne Rice’s public Facebook page, writing that she had died following complications from a stroke.
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Hurt: A Lengthy Labor of Halloween Havoc
Halloween is an interesting time that many people circle on their calendar. It is a time for letting loose, impersonating a fictions person or entity for a day, watching scary movies, giving out candy to the youngsters, or even going out with some friends to partake and participate in some Halloween-themed amusement park filled with haunted houses and sideshows. The parks were one of my favourites as it was fun to see my friends (and myself) receive various jump scares when various costumed ghouls would jump out at you from just about everywhere. Despite all the theatrical terror and menace, it was all in good fun. Hurt, a Halloween horror film provided by Zed Filmworks and distributed by Gravitas Ventures, provides a small-town Halloween fair that a soldier and his wife go back to as it was one of their regular haunts growing up. This time, however, the results are far different.
Nicholas Cage has been cast in the iconic monster role of Dracula in Universal Pictures’ monster spin-off movie
Ahead of the 90minute series finale (which airs Tuesday 30th) , the ‘Chucky’ TV series from creator Don Mancini has been renewed for a second season on SyFy/USA Network; which is set to air in 2022.
Bloody Disgusting is reporting that a script is complete for a remake of horror classic ‘Pumpkinhead’ from Paramount Pictures sub-division Paramount Players, with news on production start date and a director announcement expected soon.
Paramount Players recently released Paranormal Activity: The Next of Kin, and are also in production on several horror films including Orphan: First Kill, a Pet Sematary prequel, Something’s Wrong With Rose and 
Lance Henriksen starred in the original Stan Winston-directed 1988 creature feature as Ed Harley, a grieving father who conjures up the titular monster in an effort to kill those who took his young son from him. Continue reading
