Back in 1982, John Carpenter released one of the most amazing horror movies of all time, The Thing. The story, based on John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There, has actually been turned into a movie twice with a 3rd movie following essentially the same plot but coming in as a prequel to Carpenter’s classic. This week, it was announced that Universal and Blumhouse are developing another one!
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The Grudge is a technically beautiful film with tonnes of atmosphere and dread to spare, as well as solid performances all around from a game cast, more-or-less making up for what it lacks in effective scares and horror set-pieces.
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IDW Publishing and the Smithsonian to create a library of graphic novels built on the cultural and scientific knowledge of the world’s largest museum, educational, and research complex.
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Paul Cornell turned trans people not passing into a joke every issue of Demon Knights. We, readers, have to deal with that without unintentional fallout, without unintended insult. Wee! us.
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Although “The Rules of the Beast” starts off in familiar territory, showrunners Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat eventually manage to present their own unique twist on the subject matter – aided by a delightfully over-the-top performance from Claes Bang as the titular vampire – setting up a new status quo for the rest of the series that’s different from anything we have seen in previous adaptations of the novel.
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Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon as been around almost 30 years and its adaptations are always their own animal. This is good.
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Next month kicks off the acclaimed ‘House of X’ series, establishing a new world for the X-Men!
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During its original run, DC’s Watchmen famously proposed the idea that the people behind the mask were far from heroes. True to its text, HBO’s Watchmen masterfully explores that very same theme.
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Oscar Zarate and Alan Moore’s I Keep Coming Back is a horror story in which a fairly normal man just has a drink and watches strippers. Expressive, desperate art bringing us low-blow misogyny and a walk.
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Same Mxyzptlk different actor on “Supergirl”
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The following is a list of genre shows that have been canceled since January 1, 2019. No doubt you will already be aware of some but you might also find some surprises! Also…some interesting new series premiering between now and the end of the first quarter of 2020.
DetailsPenny Dreadful
“Penny Dreadful” is somehow as good, or greater, than the sum of its parts – even though those parts include several of the greatest works of fiction ever written – aided by a killer cast, tonnes of moody atmosphere, and John Logan’s Sorkin-esque approach to scripting (with sole writing credit throughout most of the series), bringing everything together into a cohesive whole with its own unique voice and perspective. “Penny Dreadful” is one of the greatest (most underrated) shows of the 21st century.
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