On this episode of Horror News Radio: The Grue-Crew review… IT: CHAPTER 2. This is HORROR NEWS RADIO, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE podcast. Back with Doc Rotten once again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the ‘Net. Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine. Award-winning filmmaker Christopher G. Moore. Podcasting Rock Star […]
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[Review] It: Chapter 2 Brings Drama, Terror to Satisfying Conclusion
There is always a temptation to prepare for a movie sequel, or in the case of It Chapter Two a continuation, to watch the last film in the franchise and refresh your memory of what happened before. Well, don’t. Part of the thrill of watching It Chapter Two is experiencing the way director Andy Muschietti […]
Pennywise Floats In For More Scares In The Teaser Trailer Debut For ‘IT Chapter Two’
It’s not exaggerating to state that IT Chapter Two is one of, if not THE most anticipated horror release this year and we’ve all been patiently waiting for our first look at the grown-up Loser’s Club and today – we get it. As fans know – this chapter of King’s epic tale will bring the […]
Review of Glass on Horror News Radio 308
Ghostheads, including but not limited to cohost Vanessa Thompson, wa thrilled to discover that a new GHOSTBUSTERS film is in the works, more about that in the Horror News of the Week segment. Christopher is equally excited about the news of an upcoming Edgar Wright horror thriller filming this Summer. The Grue-Crew also review GLASS […]
Trailer Debut For M. Night Shyamalan’s GLASS
People are still talking about the surprise ending of SPLIT and the way that those few seconds put the whole film in a different light. The result of those crazy last few seconds is about to hit theaters and today we have the trailer and our first look at GLASS. The official synopsis outlines […]
[Podcast] Split (2017) — Episode 199 — Horror News Radio
M. Night Shyamalan surprises us once again with a twist no one saw coming with his latest Blumhouse Production collaboration, Split. Featuring Anya Taylor-Joy and James McAvoy along with Carrie (1976) actress Betty Buckley, the horror-thriller follows a man with 23 personalities who kidnaps three girls for some nefarious purpose. Most of the film is […]
“Split” (2017): M. Night Shyamalan and James McAvoy for the Win
M. Night Shyamalan and Blumhouse Productions team up once again to provide horror fans with a low budget genre exploration of the bizarre with Split. The film follows Kevin (James McAvoy) a man with 23 different personalities as on his other personalities kidnaps three teen girls. While the film is not entirely successful in its […]
[Podcast] X-Men: Apocalypse — Slasher — Episode 165 — Horror News Radio
Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr return for another spin in Marvel’s X-Universe with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Bryan Singer directs another sequel featuring all your favorite merry mutants: Professor X (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Quicksilver (Evan Peters), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Havok (Lucas Till), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), […]
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“X-Men Apocalypse” (2016): A Greatest Hits Re-Recording With Far Lesser Arrangements
“Well, we can all agree that the third one is always the worst,” says Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), shortly after leaving a screening of Return of the Jedi with fellow classmates Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi-Smit McPhee) and Jubilee (Lana Condor, in one of her two scenes). It’s obviously a smirking wink at X-Men: The […]
[Podcast] Victor Frankenstein – The Walking Dead – Episode 139 – Horror News Radio
Daniel Radcliffe is the hunchback Igor and James McAvoy is the mad scientist in Victor Frankenstein (2015) from director Paul McGuigan. Writer Max Landis takes a “bromance” approach to re-imagining the Mary Shelley classic. While Igor and Victor decide monster needs two sets of lungs and two hearts, the film makers should have kept with […]
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“Victor Frankenstein” (2015) – A Cobbled Together Creature
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been reinterpreted countless times. Just in terms of cinema, the tale of man playing God has been adapted endlessly since the Thomas Edison produced short silent film version in 1910. Now over 100 years later, we have Victor Frankenstein, a 21st century revamp of the iconic tale from director Paul McGuigan […]
[Trailer] Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Here is it, Grue-Believers! 20th Century FOX has finally released the trailer for the upcoming Thanksgiving genre release VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN. The film promises to take a different approach to the Frankenstein tale focusing on the relationship between Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) and Igor Strausman (Daniel Radcliffe). The trailer seems to balance the horror with humor […]