Finney (Mason Thames) is a young child taken by the Grabber (Ethan Hawke), a child abductor who leaves black balloons behind at the scene of his crimes. The film was based on the short story of the same name by Joe Hill. You can find it in one of the author’s anthologies—20th Century Ghosts. Later retitled The Black Phone Stories to capitalize on the movie.
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After assisting several other heroes in other movies, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Stephen Strange for the first time in his own film since 2016 (god, that seems like a million years ago). He is joined by a newcomer to the Marvel Cinematic Univers (MCU), Xochitl Gomez, who holds her own against all the established Marvel stars. Gomez plays America Chavez, a girl being hunted by demons for her multiverse hopping powers. Strange can think of only one person, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), to help him save America.
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Amleth (Oscar Novak) is a young Viking prince who’s the son of King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke) and Queen Gudrún (Nicole Kidman). One day, Aurvandill and Amelth are ambushed by men working for Fjölnir (Claes Bang), Aurvandill’s brother. Amleth manages to escape, but his father is killed, and Gudrún is taken as Fjölnir’s bride. Years later, Amleth becomes Alexander Skarsgård, who sets out to avenge his father. There are no vampires (NSFW) this time around, though.
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Jody Marken (Brittany Murphy) is the daughter of local Sheriff Brent Marken (Michael Biehn) and the final girl of Cherry Falls, a slasher movie from the early 2000s. Though not by virtue of being the only virgin in the film. Most of the girls at Jody’s school seem to have never had sex, which is a massive problem when a mysterious killer targets the town’s virgins—leading the town’s teenagers to throw a massive orgy in a secret location.
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After multiple delays, The Batman has finally arrived. Starting as a vehicle for Ben Affleck’s version of the character, it eventually became its own separate thing. Robert Patterson plays a Batman who’s able to delve into the character’s detective side more than previous versions. He unravels a complex, film noir mystery as he tries to catch a masked criminal named the Riddler (Paul Dano), who seeks to expose the secrets and lies of Gotham’s elite.
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Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) is the chief of police in Wheesly and has been carrying a torch for his childhood friend Starla (Elizabeth Banks) for years. Starla is a schoolteacher molding young minds like Kylie Strutemyer (Tania Saulnier). Starla’s also married to an older, wealthier, and less attractive man named Grant Grant (Michael Rooker). The lives of everyone in town are changed forever when an asteroid lands nearby.
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Melody (Sarah Yarkin) is a young chef who has traveled to a small town of Harlowe along with her younger sister Lila (Elsie Fisher) and others. They’re planning on auctioning off the property of the town, but then they meet Virginia (Alice Krige), a resident still living in an orphanage with her son, Leatherface (Mark Burnham). After getting into a dispute about who owns the property, Virginia has a heart attack and later dies.
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The article which you are about to read is an account of eight horror films spanning six decades. Each installment concerns the exploits of the masked killer Leatherface and his murderous family. In light of a new entry coming out in less than a week, I decided to sit down and watch the entire series from start to finish, which I’d never done before. This is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
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Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is an artist living with his art gallery director girlfriend Brianna (Teyonah Parris). Searching for inspiration for his next project, Anthony meets Cabrini-Green resident William Burke (Colman Domingo), introducing him to the legend of the Candyman. The vengeful spirit of a black man killed due to racial prejudice, Candyman kills anyone who says his name five times in front of a mirror with his hook hand. And thanks to Anthony spreading the word, he’s back.
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Candyman, the writing on the wall. Candyman, the whisper in the classroom. Candyman, not the one that mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. Candyman, the one that was created by Clive Barker for his short story “The Forbidden” and later adapted by Bernard Rose for his 1992 film Candyman.
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