The games continue….Blumhouse closes deal to buy ‘SAW’ rights.

Blumhouse, the maker of horror hits like “Insidious” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has acquired the rights to all future “Saw” films, shows and other properties featuring the murderous, torture-loving Jigsaw. Lionsgate, which has released all 10 films in the series, will continue to be a partner in the property. It will also be retaining its existing 50% ownership stake in and distribution of future installments.

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New ‘The Mummy’ movie coming from Blumhouse and ‘Evil Dead Rise’ director

Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise) is writing and directing a new take on ‘The Mummy’, it has been announced today. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, along with Cronin’s company ‘Doppelgängers’, are producing.The project was previously only known as a Cronin mystery movie that had been announced earlier this year and is now set for an April 17, 2026 release.

“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,”

he said in a statement to THR.

https://twitter.com/curleecronin/status/1870153037362118689?s=46

“I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,”

Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. Producing are James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Executive producing are Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.


New Evil Dead movie coming in 2026

‘Evil Dead Rise’ getting Digital  4K Blu-ray Release

Final trailer released for Halloween Ends

The final trailer has been released for the latest installment of the Halloween franchise Halloween Ends, will be out on Peacock and In Theaters October 14th. Check out the trailer below:

Halloween Ends, directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBridePaul Brad Logan and Chris Bernier is a sequel to 2021’s Halloween Kills and the thirteenth installment of the Halloween film franchise. Returning to score the film is franchise creator John Carpenter (with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies also returning).

The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney reprising their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. Andi MatichakWill PattonKyle Richards, and Omar Dorsey will reprise their roles as Laurie’s granddaughter, Allyson, Deputy Frank Hawkins, Lindsey Wallace, and Sheriff Barker.


Halloween Ends is set to release on October 14, 2022. It was initially set to release on October 15, 2021, before being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Check out our review of Halloween Kills here.

Get your copy of Halloween/Halloween Kills on Amazon UK now.


Halloween Ends will be available to stream on Peacock same day as theatrical release

Check out our interviews with Halloween Alumni below:

Interview with Tony Moran (Halloween 1978)

Interview With Lance Guest (Halloween 2)

Interview with Erik Preston (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers)

Interview with Jeffrey Landman (Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers)

Halloween Ends will be available to stream on Peacock same day as theatrical release

The latest installment of the Halloween franchise Halloween Ends, will be released on Peacock the same day it is released in cinemas – October 14th.

Scream queen and horror icon Jamie Lee Curtis made the announcement today in the video below.


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Insidious 5 Cast Announced

Screen Gems and Stage 6 Films are set to start production on Insidious 5, the latest installment in the hit horror series.

Today it has been announced that Sinclair Daniel, Peter Dager, and Hiam Abbass will be joining the cast. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Ty Simpkins will be returning for the fifth installment of the franchise with Wilson set to make his directorial debut.


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Halloween Ends trailer released

The first trailer for the latest installment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends has been released online.


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Sony changes upcoming Madame Web/Insidious 5 release dates

The upcoming Spider-Man spinoff film Madame Web will swing into theaters a little later than previously announced.

Sony has moved the release date to Oct. 6, 2023, three months later than the previously announced July 2023 date.


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Review: Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills is a 2021 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBride and Scott Teems. The film is a sequel to 2018’s Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise.

The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle, who reprise their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, with James Jude Courtney also portraying Myers again. Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and Will Patton also reprise their roles from the previous film, with Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Longstreet and Thomas Mann joining the cast amongst ‘legacy’ cast members Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards and Nancy Stephens.


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

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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