For the first time in the franchise’s history, original Scream writer Kevin Williamson will be seated in the director’s chair for the upcoming Scream 7, with Neve Campbell taking center stage once more as iconic character Sidney Prescott. Fellow original Scream star Matthew Lillard has made no secret of the fact that he’d like to […]
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“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” In 1985, John Hughes set a template for high school archetypes in his classic film The Breakfast Club. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal became part of our collective consciousness while expanding ideas of adolescent identity. But […]
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Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie from producer Kevin Williamson titled The Exorcism, and it’s heading home to Digital next week. Vertical will release The Exorcism on VOD on July 9, 2024. You can preorder now on Apple TV. Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and […]
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We learned earlier this week that “Hannibal” creator Bryan Fuller is no longer the showrunner of A24 and Peacock’s Friday the 13th TV series “Crystal Lake,” with A24 choosing to “go a different way with the material.” What does that mean? It means A24 is still planning on bringing a Friday the 13th series to […]
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Kevin Williamson, the writer of teen horror classics Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, has been a staple in the world of film and television since the 1990s, and Deadline reports today that Williamson’s next venture partners him up with Universal Television. Deadline reports, “Under an overall deal for Williamson and his […]
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Kevin Williamson (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) returned to the slasher movie arena with Sick, which premiered exclusively on Peacock on January 13, 2023. Eight months later, Sick has now been released onto Digital and DVD today. You can watch the official trailer for Sick below, a COVID-era slasher that finds two friends being stalked […]
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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Justin Gerber and Michael Roffman are joined by Halloweenies editor and musician Mae Schults. Together, they discuss Influencer, Sick, Infinity Pool, Roadgames, The Collector, and Crimes of Passion. Stream the episode below or […]
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What’s your favorite scary movie? Nah, that’s too trite. What horror movie would you show to someone who has never seen one before? You may have the same answer to both questions, but the latter requires a bit more thought. John Carpenter’s Halloween is my favorite movie, but I recognize it most likely would not […]
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At the time, Scream 4 seemed like a pretty definitive end for the franchise, providing Sidney Prescott with a second round of closure and riffing on all of the (then) recent trends in horror media. Of course, no matter how satisfying they may be, endings are always bittersweet, so fans were understandably bummed that this […]
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Kevin Williamson built his career on peeking behind the curtain and breaking the rules. Scream deconstructed everything we thought we knew about horror films. So many imitators followed that the meta-horror movie sometimes feels like its own subgenre. Williamson understands why rules exist but knows that breaking them isn’t just fun but necessary for the […]
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Peacock has opted not to move forward with creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson’s planned adaptation of the comic book series “Dead Day,” exactly one year to the day after the streaming service announced the project. Variety reports that despite the streamer’s straight-to-series order last January, Peacock is no longer moving forward with the adaptation. The outlet revealed that “the studio is planning to shop […]
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Kevin Williamson, who co-wrote Peacock’s new slasher movie Sick (now streaming!), is back as Executive Producer for this year’s Scream VI, coming to theaters on March 10, 2023. Williamson is of course the writer of the original Scream movie, and in a new chat with SYFY Wire he teases that the upcoming sixth installment is […]
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Kevin Williamson (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) returns to the slasher movie arena with Sick, which we’ve learned is being surprise-released by Peacock in one week. Sick is premiering on Peacock on Friday, January 13, 2023! You can watch the official trailer for Sick below, a COVID-era slasher that finds two friends being stalked […]
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Sick marks Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer writer Kevin Williamson’s return to the slasher arena. Co-written by Williamson and Katelyn Crabb, Sick is directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, “Black Summer”). The COVID pandemic set thriller occurs during the early lockdown. It follows best friends Parker (Gideon Adlon, The Craft: Legacy) and Miri (Bethlehem Million, And Just Like That) quarantined alone at […]
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Sick, the new slasher/home invasion film written by Kevin Williamson and Katelyn Crabb, opens with a mini-scroll. In addition to reminding audiences about the early onslaught of COVID, orders to self-isolate and the early death toll, there is a key establishing date: April 3, 2020. The date is paramount in establishing the context for Sick. […]
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