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'Insidious' Sequel Is Indubitable

It looks like Insidious, one of the better spook house flicks in recent memory, is coming back to haunt us once again.

02/03/12

Did You Catch This First Footage of 'The Moth Diaries'?

I did! And I can't decide if The Moth Diaries is YA or not. Or is it more like Hammer's The Vampire Lovers?

02/02/12

I'm Really Looking Forward To 'Silent House'

Silent House is the new horror film starring Elizabeth Olsen (no relation to Nellie Olsen) and is supposedly a haunted house horror story told in one continuous, uninterrupted shot.

02/02/12

John Hawkes Signs for 'Jackie Brown' Prequel

Okay, here goes. John Hawkes, one of the best character actors around these days, has agreed to star in Switch, a film based on Elmore Leonard's 1978 crime thriller The Switch, which is the predecessor to 1992's Rum Punch, which served as the source material for Jackie Brown, which is the 1997 flick that all the cool kids like to remind you is Quentin Tarantino's undersung masterpiece, which, by the way, it totally is.

02/02/12

The Future of 'Watchmen' Is the Past

DC Entertainment announced it will launch a new series of Watchmen comic books this summer, a development that is sure to excite comic book fans and absolutely piss off Alan Moore.

02/01/12

'Candy Land' to Star Adam Sandler, of Course

Just yesterday, we were talking about Universal Pictures growing a pair and refusing to do every embarrassing thing demanded by its shrewish wife, Hasbro, such as making a Stretch Armstrong movie or a Ouija board movie or, apparently, a Candy Land movie.

01/31/12

'Dead Hooker' Date Night with the Soskas

I'm about to make your dreams come true. I just got word that Jen and Sylvia Soska want to date you. Yes, you!

01/31/12

Universal Regains its Senses, Says No to 'Stretch Armstrong'

It seems Universal Pictures is slowly breaking the spell cast upon it by Hasbro. You know, the spell that caused Universal to think that people wanted to see movies based on toys like Stretch Armstrong. And though it's kind of sweet that Universal is reclaiming a little much-needed self-respect, it doesn't mean we won't eventually be subjected to the indignities of a Stretch Armstrong flick.

01/30/12

The 'Game of Thrones' Season 2 Trailer Promises Planet Fury Merriment

One of the most beloved shows around the Planet Fury offices is Game of Thrones, HBO's acclaimed adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels.

01/30/12

Bobcat Goldthwait's 'God Bless America': Finally, a Movie for ME

I don't know how fortuitous things like this happen, but today I was sitting, lonely and sad, on my ugly couch, lamenting how fucked up the world is, how much I hate living in it, and how terrible this season of "Bad Girls Club" has turned out to be.

01/29/12

'The River' – Will You Watch It?

I will. It's FREE, for fuck's sake. And also, it has massive potential.

01/27/12

Nazi Alert! 'Iron Sky,' 'Puppet Master X' and 'The 25th Reich'

If you got past the Puppet Master X part and are still reading, I'll weave you a tale of Nazis, my child...

01/27/12

Did Fangoria Just Say "Eat It" to Women in Horror Month?

This is not going to be a rant.

01/26/12

Why I Am In Love With Fantasy Author Jim C. Hines

Jim C. Hines decided to try and copy all of the poses that women are made to do on the cover of fantasy novels. Jim C. Hines is awesome.

01/26/12

Planet Fury's Sundance Crush: Katie Aselton's 'Black Rock'

The 2012 Sundance Film Festival rolls on in full force. And amid all the hype surrounding deal-making and the discussion of alternative distribution paths, it's easy to forget that there's a crop of interesting movies on the slate and that's what Sundance is really all about.

01/26/12

Dick Tufeld, R.I.P.

It is with great sorrow that we report the death of announcer and voice actor Dick Tufeld, best known to a generation of genre fans as the voice of the Robot on the wonderfully campy '60s TV series Lost in Space. He was 85.

01/25/12

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