James Wan has a big week in horror news with the announcement that he will produce the U.S. version of TRAIN TO BUSAN, that THE NUN is the highest grossing Conjuring Universe film, and that ANNABELLE 3 has found its lead. The Grue-Crew review HELL FEST, the new slasher film that launches the Halloween season for 2018. Join Dave Dreher, Doc Rotten, Christopher G. Moore, and Vanessa Thompson as we discuss Horror News of the Week and review the latest horror offerings.
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Episode 292 — Hell Fest
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HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK
- Eli Roth’s HISTORY OF HORROR is headed our way this Halloween season
- James Wan will produce the US remake of TRAIN TO BUSAN
- Set aside Valentine’s Day 2019 for HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U
- No more horror films from David Cronenberg?
- FRIDAY THE 13th Writer wins laws suit
- THE NUN becomes the highest grossing film in The Conjuring Universe
- ANNABELLE 3 to feature the Warrens’ daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace)
FEATURE TOPIC: Hell Fest
A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.
Director: Gregory Plotkin
Cast: Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, Amy Forsyth
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Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
