Horror Channel presents a Classic Horror Halloween weekend on 30-31 October.

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Famous monsters rise again! To celebrate the Halloween weekend on Sat 30 October and Sunday 31st October, Horror Channel presents CLASSIC HORROR HALLOWEEN.

Two diabolical daytime marathons highlighted by five channel premieres, including BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the celebrated sequel to the 1931 classic with Boris Karloff reprising his role as the monster, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, featuring the original Wolfman, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein’s monster, THE INVISIBLE MAN, in which Claude Rains delivers a remarkable performance in his screen debut, Christy Cabanne’s frightening chiller masterpiece THE MUMMY’S HAND and REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, the sequel to Universal’s fabulously successful The Creature from the Black Lagoon, which is also part of the weekend’s monstrous menu.

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Fourth Doctor season 17 ‘The Collection’ BluRay announced

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The penultimate season for Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, with a full season of Lalla Ward as Romana, is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 17 – due for release December 13th 2021.

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Star Wars Return of the Jedi actor dies

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Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi actor Gerald Home has passed away age 70 from liver cancer.

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All-star lineup announced for DC FanDome

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DC have announced a packed star line-up for DC FanDome, the ultimate global fan experience, which is set will return on Saturday, October 16 at 10 a.m. PDT, with an all-new, epic streaming event. Details of specific panels are still to be announced.

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BlumFest 2021: Return to Haddonfield – new Halloween Kills featurette released

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David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills is finally making its way into cinemas and streaming on Peacock on October 15.

In the same vein of its predecessor, Halloween Kills is set to have many returning characters appear. Charles Cyphers has reprised the role of Sheriff Leigh Brackett one of many fan favourites of the original 1978 Halloween. Some of the other confirmed stars from the first movie set to return are Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace and Nancy Stephens as Nurse Marion Chambers.

During BlumFest a new featurette was released highlighting some of these reunions. As co-writer Danny McBride explains, it was about “finding ways to keep them involved with the story.”

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BlumFest 2021 – Live stream/live updates

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The coronavirus pandemic saw most major in-person events get either cancelled or delayed back in 2020, which resulted in Blumhouse Productions delivering their first virtual BlumFest, a celebration which has returned this year again in virtual form bringing with it “surprises and sneak peeks” of many of their upcoming projects.

Jason Blum hopes BlumFest 2022 will be an in-person event.

 

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Victor Miller wins Friday The 13th copyright battle

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Screenwriter Victor Miller has won the appeal in the case for the rights to the Friday The 13th franchise, sending Sean Cunningham and Horror Inc. to defeat.

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Hasbro to release a George Lucas Stormtrooper action figure

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The Maker is coming to your toy collection.

George Lucas, the legendary creator of Star Wars, will join Hasbro’s vaunted 6-inch Star Wars: The Black Series line of action figures. Created in celebration of Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary and in tribute to its founder, the figure cleverly depicts Lucas in stormtrooper armour and comes with a removable helmet and blaster. Continue reading →

Disney Plus Star Wars show ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ gets release date

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We now have a release date for ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ on Disney Plus. The “Mandalorian” spinoff will debut on Dec. 29 2021.  The show was first teased following the conclusion of “The Mandalorian” Season 2 finale.

In the series, legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand are navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.

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IMDb TV, -Amazon’s premium free streaming service launches in UK

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IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, is now available in the UK. The ad-supported streaming service debuts with IMDb TV Originals Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, Moment of Truth and Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, as well as a library of thousands of popular movies and television shows, including Pulp Fiction, Anger Management, The English Patient, Person of Interest, Community, 2 Broke Girls, and more.

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