13 New Horror Movies and Shows Releasing This Week Including Five Horror Franchise Returns!

For daily release updates delivered straight to your feed, follow @HorrorCalendar. The second full week of October is upon us, and once again there’s no shortage of brand new horror being brought to the table on the road to the best day of the year: Halloween, of course! In fact, this week is loaded with big […]

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[Review] “Chucky” Premiere Brings the Killer Doll Home to Play in Multiple Sandboxes at Once

Seven movies deep, Don Mancini’s Chucky series remains arguably the most cohesive of the horror franchises. Now it continues in TV series form, with an eight-episode inaugural season. Between the new story and ideas introduced to an already rich history, a backstory, and franchise veterans teased to arrive in the wake of Cult of Chucky, the […]

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“Chucky”: Official Promo Video for ‘Child’s Play’ Series Spotlights Several Short Films Made By Fans

On the road to the premiere of Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” on USA and SYFY October 12, the networks partnered up with Tongal – a global community of creators – to allow Child’s Play fans to make their own Chucky fan films. A handful of those shorts now get the spotlight in a compilation video uploaded […]

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“Chucky”: Brand New Trailer for the ‘Child’s Play’ Series is Loaded With New Footage and Familiar Faces

“Chucky broke his soul into pieces, but the last piece didn’t go into a doll,” Alex Vincent‘s Andy Barclay explains in the latest trailer for USA & SYFY’s “Chucky” series from creator Don Mancini, which loads up on new footage, familiar faces, and even one very gory kill. Ahead of the series premiere on October […]

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Full Lineup for This Year’s “Nightstream” Film Festival Includes a Celebration of Chucky With Don Mancini!

The Nightstream Film Festival returns as a virtual event this Halloween season, taking place from October 7-13. The celebrated online-only event formed as a banner uniting multiple U.S. genre festivals  — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook. Today, Nightstream has unveiled its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next […]

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Chucky Fillets a Frog in First Clip from the ‘Child’s Play’ Series! [Video]

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series brings the iconic doll to the small screen for the very first time, and today brings brand new footage in which the killer doll fillets a frog! The teacher is surely going to be impressed… Brad Dourif is back as Chucky and Jennifer Tilly is back as Tiffany in […]

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“I Want Chucky!”: 2-Minute Video Lets You Know What to Expect from the ‘Child’s Play’ Series

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series brings the franchise back its roots, and a new promo video this week outlines what you can expect. Mancini himself previews “Chucky” in the video you’ll find below, teasing that the franchise’s small screen debut will make you laugh, scream, and possibly even cry. “We explore […]

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“Chucky” Looks Better Than Ever in New Shot from Syfy’s ‘Child’s Play’ Series [Photo]

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series brings the iconic doll to the small screen for the very first time, and today brings a killer new shot. Chucky’s back. And he’s looking meaner (and better) than ever… Brad Dourif is back as Chucky and Jennifer Tilly is back as Tiffany in “Chucky,” which will continue […]

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“Chucky” Poster Art Takes a Stab at a Classic Coming-of-Rage Story

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, IGN premieres the official art for Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series that teases some killer soul-swapping and takes a stab at telling a classic coming-of-age rage story. Brad Dourif is back as Chucky and Jennifer Tilly is back as Tiffany in “Chucky,” which will continue the storylines from the *original* movies and their recent […]

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Leatherface on Netflix?! Why Streaming Could Be an Exciting New Path for Our Favorite Horror Franchises

A surprising move that was announced at the start of this week, the upcoming Fede Alvarez-produced Texas Chainsaw Massacre – a decades-later sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, we’ve been told – is not being released in theaters by Legendary as planned, but rather the film is bringing Leatherface exclusively to Netflix. The streaming service […]

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“Chucky” Casts a Spell With New Teaser Video and Poster for ‘Child’s Play’ TV Series

“I died… but I’m still gonna kill you.” Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series has officially wrapped production, and today brings two new social media teasers for the series. First up we have a short teaser video wherein Chucky speaks – and yes, that’s Brad Dourif back as the voice of the […]

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Don Mancini’s “Chucky” Series Has Officially Wrapped Production!

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series brings the killer doll to the small screen for the very first time, and production on the series has now wrapped! Mancini tweets this morning, “THAT’S A WRAP! Chucky wants to honest the fuck thank everyone, in front of and behind the camera, on this fucking […]

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Are You an Artist? Tongal Wants ‘Child’s Play’ Fans to Create Official Posters for “Chucky” TV Series!

While we continue waiting for Don Mancini’s “Chucky” series, coming to USA and SYFY on October 12, we’ve just learned this morning that Tongal has partnered with USA and SYFY for a fun project that asks Child’s Play fans to help create official posters for the series. The press release explains, “Creator platform seeks eight […]

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