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Rating: 
7.5/10
Cast:
Lin Shaye as Edith Cranston
Tobin Bell as Edward Cranston
Chester Rushing as Chris
Erin Sanders as Tonya
Mike C. Manning as Zack
Sloane Morgan Siegel as Brett
Judd Lormand as Harliss
Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr.; Written by Patrick Stibbs
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Tobin Bell has enjoyed a wave of success over the past 15 years playing games with morally corrupt souls in the Saw film while Lin Shaye

BEGIN SLIDESHOWInto the Spider-Verse suit revealed in new Miles Morales gameplay!
As a special Halloween treat for fans, Insomniac Games has unveiled new gameplay footage from the highly-anticipated Spider-Man: Miles Morales revealing the inclusion of the titular hero’s suit from the Oscar and Golden Globe winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which sees a stylish drop in framerate solely on the character to tap into the comic book panel feel of the film. The footage ca

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Supernatural 15.18 Promo & New Photos: Despair
The CW has released the promo and photos for Supernatural 15.18 titled “Despair.” With only three episodes left of the series, the stakes couldn’t be any higher and if 15.17 was any indication, there will be lots of crying and pain involved. You can check out the promo in the player below along with the new photos in the gallery and catch the episode next Thursday, November 5!
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"Hey kids, do you know what time it is?!" Well, I'm sold! Screen Media has released an official trailer for a wacky action horror coming up next year titled Willy's Wonderland. There's no date set - they're holding it until sometime in 2021 - but I'm already looking forward to it. A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland - which seems to be mocking Chuck E. Cheese. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-T fight for survival against wave after wa

Banks, Weaver, Mara & Friend sign on to lead Call Jane
After attempting to develop the film last year with Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man) and Susan Sarandon (Ray Donovan) leading the charge, women’s rights drama Call Jane is getting another shot at life as Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Kate Mara (House of Cards) and Rupert Friend (Homeland) have signed on to star in the drama, according to Deadline.
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Scott Derrickson tapped to helm Blumhouse & Universal’s Black Phone
Since departing the highly-anticipated Doctor Strange sequel, Scott Derrickson has lined up a number of major projects for himself and now has expanded his roster as he has signed on to co-write and direct the horror-thriller Black Phone at Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, according to Deadline.
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Based on the 2004 novella of the same

Focus Features sets Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou for summer 2021 release
Just a few months after acquiring the rights to the drama at the virtual Cannes Film Festival, Focus Features has set a summer 2021 release date for the timely Justin Chon (Gook) written/directed/starring film Blue Bayou, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Blue Bayou: Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Justin Chon’s Drama
Written and directed by Chon, who won multiple festival awards f

CS Soapbox: Freddy, Michael & Jason: Why We Can’t Seem To Let Them Die
A serial killer (wearing James T. Kirk’s face), Elm Street’s disfigured midnight mangler, and the boy (with an overbearing mother) who drowned at Camp Crystal Lake. According to our recent poll, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees are the greatest slasher icons of all-time. This comes as no surprise. Despite horror’s Jackson Pollock subgenre, slasher, dating back to Psycho 

Ethan and Maya Hawke will both star in a film in which Maya will portray a teen who’s determined to lose her virginity to George Harrison.
Revolver, which is being helmed by Finding Nemo co-director Andrew Stanton, will see Ethan and Maya portray father and daughter in the ’60s-set romantic comedy.Read more: Stranger Things star Maya Hawke – “I’m a showboat and a ridiculous clown”Variety reports that Maya will play Jane, a teenager resident of Anchorage, Alask

Beck & Woods’ 5 Favorite Horror Screenplays
While speaking with the Haunt filmmakers and A Quiet Place writers about Haunt’s new two-disc Blu-ray Collector’s Edition (available here), ComingSoon.net had the chance to ask Scott Beck and Bryan Woods what they think the five best horror screenplays are. The duo was gracious enough to dive into the horror scripts that landed at the top of their list, including Alien, The Sixth Sense, and more, which you can check out belo

Exclusive Dating Amber Clip From Samuel Goldwyn Films’ New Comedy
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from Samuel Goldwyn Films’ upcoming comedy romance drama Dating Amber, written and directed by David Freyne (The Cured). You can check out the clip now in the player below and pre-order the movie here!
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In Dating Amber, a closeted gay teen and his lesbian counterpart pretend to be a couple to avoid suspicion.
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CS Interview: Tobin Bell on retro horror pic The Call
Just in time for the film’s digital debut, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with horror genre legend Tobin Bell (Saw franchise, Belzebuth) to discuss his role in the retro-vibe genre pic The Call in which he stars alongside fellow genre legend Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise)!
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"The enemy has moved in." Gravitas has released a new US trailer for the crazy cool action film Vanguard, starring Jackie Chan - who is still making action films despite announcing he would retire. This time he re-teams with the HK director of his classic action films Supercop, Supercop 2, Rumble in the Bronx, and First Strike - Stanley Tong. An accountant is threatened by the world's deadliest mercenary organization and Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for him. Of

Karen Gillan, best known for starring in Jumanji and Guardians Of The Galaxy, has shared a new short horror film called The Hoarding.Read more: The Party’s Just Beginning review: Marvel stalwart Karen Gillan showcases comic superpowers in a sparkling indie debut behind the cameraThe actor wrote and directed the 14-minute film, which she released last night (October 29) to mark the launch of her new YouTube channel.
“Ready for the spooky Halloween treat????” she asked

Supergirl’s Odette Annable Joins Jared Padalecki’s Walker for The CW
Odette Annable (Supergirl, Tell Me a Story, Cloverfield) has joined Jared Padalecki in The CW’s new series Walker, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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Annable will recur as Geri, a bartender at the local bar called the Side Step. Geri is described as “an ol friend of Walker and his late wife Emily (Genevieve Padalecki), who ha

Sandra Oh and Awkwafina are set to play sisters in an upcoming new Netflix comedy produced by Will Ferrell.Read more: NME Recommends – the best hidden gems on NetflixAccording to Collider, the untitled film will follow a lonely recluse (Oh) whose life is upended when her live wire sister (Awkwafina) vows to mend their relationship by helping her fulfil her lifelong dream: to be a contestant on her favourite game show.
While there is no director attached at present, the script has been put

Jordan Peele teaming with Universal for People Under the Stairs remake
After partnering with the studio for two acclaimed socially-driven horror films, Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) is reuniting with Universal Pictures to produce a remake of Wes Craven’s 1991 cult classic The People Under the Stairs, according to Collider.
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Written and directed by Craven and released in November 1991, the original film center

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Claudia Doumit & Colby Minifie Upped to Series Regulars for The Boys Season 3
Claudia Doumit and Colby Minifie have been promoted to series regulars in Season 3 of the Amazon Prime Series The Boys, according to Deadline. Doumit stars as Victoria Neuman, the wunderkind congresswoman harboring a dark secret, while Minifie plays Ashley Barrett, the highly-stressed Senior VP of Hero Management for Vought.
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"You need to fight. You need to fight for us." Neon has released the first official trailer for the indie small town relationship drama The Killing of Two Lovers, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship. The film, with its honest and sometimes brutal portrayals of marr

The Suicide Squad’s Steve Agee Joins John Cena’s Peacemaker Series on HBO Max
Last month, word broke that The Suicide Squad’s John Cena will star in a solo Peacemaker series on HBO Max. However, it turns out that Cena won’t be the only cast member from The Suicide Squad to appear in Peacemaker (via SuperHeroHype). Deadline is reporting that Steve Agee has also joined the cast of the series.
Agee is playing two characters in The Suicide Squad. He’s pr

Legendary composer Danny Elfman has shared his first new solo music in 36 years – you can listen to his new single below.Read more: 50 things you didn’t know about The Simpsons‘Happy’, which was originally written to perform at Coachella 2020, is “an absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a very simple pop tune that degrades into something more subversive,” explained Elfman.
The renowned composer, who created the iconic theme song for The Simpsons and has

Exclusive Triggered Clip From Alastair Orr’s New Thriller
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from director Alastair Orr’s upcoming thriller Triggered, arriving On Demand and On Digital on November 6 from Samuel Goldwyn Films. You can check out the clip now in the player below!
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Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with SUICIDE

Vin Diesel has shared his second single – listen to ‘Days Are Gone’ below.
The new song follows the unlikely launch of the actor’s musical career last month, when he shared debut single ‘Feel Like I Do’.
As with the debut single, the new song comes out on Palm Tree Records, the label co-founded by DJ Kygo.
Speaking of the feel-good track in an interview with People, the actor said: “Something about 2020 led me to this tropical house, feel good-style of m

"You're kind of, uh, a weird dude." "Yes I am. But I mean, weird is cool. Right…?" Vertical Ent + XYZ Films has unveiled an official trailer for What Lies Below, a dark mystery thriller that is the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Braden R. Duemmler. The film is about a teenager who returns from two months away to discover her mother has a new stud fiancé named John Smith. But he's too ideal of a man to be human - everything about him is so perfect that she starts to suspect

CS Interview: Omari Hardwick on Horror-Thriller Spell
Just in time for the film’s debut on digital platforms, ComignSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with star Omari Hardwick (Power, Sorry to Bother You) to discuss his work in Mark Tonderai’s horror-thriller Spell and his first real exploration of the chilling hoodoo genre.
RELATED: Spell Trailer: Omari Hardwick & Loretta Devine Lead Horror-Thriller
ComingSoon.net: So we haven’t really seen you explore th

Severance: John Turturro Joins Apple’s New Drama Series
Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner John Turturro (The Night Of, Monk, The Batman) has boarded Apple’s upcoming workplace drama Severance, joining previously announced Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation, Big Little Lies) and Oscar winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood, The Act), according to Variety.
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Severance takes place at Lumen Industries, a company

Universe’s Most Wanted: Dave Bautista to Star in Sci-Fi Fantasy from Brad Peyton
MCU star Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Dune, Army of the Dead) is set to star in the big-budget sci-fi fantasy Universe’s Most Wanted, directed by Brad Peyton (Rampage) and scheduled to begin production next spring, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Release Date Delayed to 2021
The film will focus on a small town that gets a big surprise when a space ship carrying t

"Okay everybody, let's flush this turd down the toilet!" Hollywood, eh? Saban Films has released an official trailer for an indie comedy titled The Stand In, an amusing Hollywood-life comedy about an actress and her stand in. From filmmaker Jamie Babbit, The Stand In is the story of a disaffected comedy actress and her ambitious stand-in trading places. Drew Barrymore stars in both roles, and hires her stand-in to take her place at rehab. But of course they both learn lessons in the process. Al

"You feel this sour smell? It's the dough starting to rise… Nothing can stop it now." ShineHouse Group has debuted an official US trailer for an indie drama titled Esau an Israeli drama made by a Russian filmmaker. This originally premiered at the Shanghai Film Festival last year, and arrives on VOD in the US this month. A 40-year-old writer returns home to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half a lifetime - to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited t

Black Panther star Letitia Wright has said that “it’s only a matter of time” before an all-women Avengers movie is made.Read more: What Avengers: Endgame means for the future of the Marvel Cinematic UniverseSpeaking in a new interview, the actor, who played Shuri – the sister to Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa – in Marvel’s Black Panther and both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, said there’s already people working to make the id

CS HALLOWEEN Collectibles: The Howling, Jack Skellington & More!
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of CS Collectibles, ComingSoon.net’s newest weekly column that brings you the best in premium collectibles! Find out all the latest on statues, figures, posters, cards, eBay deals, Amazon deals & much more below!
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Creep it real this fall with Sideshow’s Spooktacular 2020 Kit, filled with delightfully ghoulish goodies and apparel to help you celebrate in style.
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CS Soapbox: Poltergeist is the Best Halloween Film Ever Made!
Every year after a long night — read: an hour or so — of trick or treating, my family sits down to enjoy a long-running tradition: Poltergeist. That’s right, once we’ve collected our treats and sorted out the good stuff from the endless barrage of Sweet Tarts and Tootsie Rolls that line the bottom of our pillowcases, the Ames clan kicks back to watch Steven Spielberg’s/Tobe Hooper’s 1982 horror cla

A teaser trailer for the upcoming new Halloween film, Halloween Kills, has arrived – you can see the return of Michael Myers below.Read more: Happy Halloween, Michael Myers! We rank every Halloween movie ever, from worst to bestFollowing 2018’s Halloween, the next sequel to be released in the iconic horror franchise is due to arrive on October 15, 2021.
The new teaser sees the return of Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace, the two children Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) was b

Mark Webber & Teresa Palmer Discuss The Place of No Words
If you’re looking for a genuinely moving, heartfelt movie experience, check out Mark Webber’s The Place of No Words, a film that toes the line between fantasy and reality as it reflects on life, death and everything in-between. The film is now available to purchase or rent on streaming platforms and to commemorate the occasion, ComingSoon.net sat down with Webber (who also stars in the film) and co-star Teressa Palmer, wh

Watched at Home: Top 20 Streaming Films for the Week of October 22
What a difference a week makes, eh? Especially the week before Halloween. Last week, you couch potatoes munched on a bunch of old film collections, namely Friday the 13th, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. And while the boy wizard remains at No. 4 this week his companions have been replaced by the Back to the Future Trilogy, which debuted at the No. 2 spot on the The Digital Entertainment Group’s Top 20. Great

10 TV Halloween Parties We’d Love To Attend!
Comingsoon.net has compiled a list of the 10 TV Halloween Parties We’d Love To Attend in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve! Check it out below!
Most of us won’t be attending costume parties this year, but that’s okay. Television lovers have long avoided trick-or-treaters and Halloween parties. Instead of going out into public on one of the most overrated party evenings of the year (aside from New Year’s Eve), we live

The much delayed James Bond movie No Time To Die is costing MGM around $1 million per month in interest, according to reports.Read more: James Bond is too cowardly to save cinema – but that’s the government’s job anywayAfter being delayed from its original April 2, 2020 release date, fans were expecting to be able to see the next instalment in the spy franchise in the UK on November 12 and in the US on November 20.
However, as coronavirus cases in the UK rise and cinemas i

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: ‘The Marshall’
The time has finally come for the arrival of the second season of Disney+’s hit Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian centered on the titular bounty hunter and his efforts to keep The Child safe, with the premiere episode, “The Marshall,” picking up from the pulse-pounding events of the season one finale.
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Actor Jeff Bridges has thanked fans for an outpouring of love and support after he confirmed his lymphoma diagnosis earlier this month.
The actor told fans last week that he was battling cancer, but said he had “a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good”.
In a new update, Bridges shared a photo of himself in a hospital robe while undergoing treatment.
“I want to thank you all for reaching out during this time, it feels good getting all the well wishes and love,” t

CS Video: The Wretched, Becky & 1BR Filmmakers Talk Being #1
With Halloween just around the corner, ComingSoon.net gathered three sets of indie horror filmmakers in the “Class of 2020” that wound up with the #1 movie in America at some point during the global pandemic. In this fun 45-minute virtual roundtable conversation we talk with The Wretched‘s writer/producer/directors Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce (a.k.a. The Pierce Brothers), Becky directing pair 

"So you're a C.I.A. plant?" Cutting to the chase! Showtime has unveiled a new official full trailer for Errol Morris' latest documentary titled My Psychedelic Love Story, which is premiering at AFI Fest coming up this fall. We posted a teaser trailer for this doc earlier in the summer, before it had an official title, now it's set to debut on Showtime in November. This documentary focuses, once again, on LSD and the "High Priest of LSD" Timothy Leary. And this isn't the first time Morris has da