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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

The world of The Witcher expands in this anime origin story: Before Geralt, there was his mentor Vesemir — a swashbuckling young witcher who escaped a life of poverty to slay monsters for coin. But when a strange new monster begins terrorizing a politically fraught kingdom, Vesemir finds himself on a frightening adventure that forces him to confront the demons of his past.Rated: TV-MARelease Date: Aug 23, 2021
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Christopher McQuarrie: Nightmare on Elm Street Shows Movie Theaters Can’t Be Replaced

Edgar Wright has assembled a treasure trove. That’s the best way to describe what it feels like to be a cinephile reading the March 2021 issue of Empire magazine. In an approach more persuasive than any weighty think piece on box office numbers, or an introspective Op-Ed from a film critic, the Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver filmmaker made the case for cinema by compiling a list of anecdotes and stories, big and small, from fans and legendary filmmakers alike. Because when the lights go out in a darkened theater, we’re all the same audience for a brief,…
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The New Mutants and Its Nightmare on Elm Street Influences

This article contains mild The New Mutants spoilers. The New Mutants is an odd duck. The writing was on the wall back in 2017 when 20th Century Fox first pushed the film off its original 2018 release window. Apparently the delay was the result of the studio wanting to make it more of a horror movie via  reshoots… reshoots that then never happened. Even so, those horror elements are still on bonkers display in Josh Boone’s final cut of the film, now available on  Blu-ray and VOD. Even without knowing Boone was vocal that the  Nightmare on Elm Street movies…
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The Show Trailer: Alan Moore Movie Teases Trippy Nightmare

Alan Moore has often seen his iconic comic book creations—be it Watchmen, V for Vendetta or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen—get adapted as big screen efforts that typically end up being the focus of his own critical wrath, but an upcoming passion project film, bearing the deceptively-generic title, The Show, will likely avoid that fate, since he not only penned the script, but actually fields an onscreen role. Mitch Jenkins directed The Show off Moore’s script, continuing behind-camera work he did for three shorts from Moore’s 2014 anthology fantasy film, Show Pieces, to which this film bears a thematic connection,…
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Ari Aster Teases 4-Hour ‘Nightmare Comedy’ as Next Film

Whatever Ari Aster’s next movie is going to be, you should expect it to be quite different from what you’ve seen before. That’s not necessarily a surprise since the rising auteur is responsible for two of the best horror movies of the last decade, Hereditary and Midsommar. While those movies have a certain mid-20th century influence—Rosemary Baby (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973) stans were undoubtedly geeking out during their first viewings—they recontextualized those elements in a shocking way that truly startled millennial audiences. We imagine that Aster’s next film will be of similar nightmare fuel, even if there are…
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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street sets the records straight about the controversial sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended Mark Patton’s acting career, just as it was about to begin. Scream Queen follows Patton as he travels to horror conventions across the U.S. Each new city unwraps a chapter from his life that is met with equal parts joyful and bittersweet detail, as he attempts to make peace with his past and embrace his legacy as cinema’s first male “scream queen.” Scream Queen also finds Patton confronting Freddy’s Revenge cast and crew for the first time,…
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Nightmare Cinema

Five strangers are drawn to an abandoned theater and forced to watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them. Lurking in the shadows is the Projectionist (Mickey Rourke), who preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films. As each reel spins its sinister tale, the characters find frightening parallels to their own lives.Rated: RRelease Date: Jun 21, 2019
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