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Variety Shares Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time

With the Halloween season now in full swing, movie fans are relishing the opportunity to confront their unconscious fears directly through the horror that unfolds on screen in genre films. To celebrate on-screen frights taking every form imaginable, from iconic boogeymen to real-world threats, Variety has shared their top 100 best horror movies of all…

Mike Flanagan Reportedly in Talks to Direct ‘Exorcist’ Sequel for Universal/Blumhouse

©On the set of Ouija: Origin of Evil Filmmaker Mike Flanagan is reportedly discussing plans with Universal and Blumhouse to direct a sequel to The Exorcist. David Gordon Green had originally been tapped for that role but he withdrew from the project after directing The Exorcist: Believer, the first installment in a planned trilogy. Insiders…

Film Review – ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ is a Suitable TV Movie from the Late William Friedkin

Military institutions are built on following orders and depend on hierarchal structures to keep their operations running. When a commander has lost the trust of those serving under them, it can be chaotic and disastrous. Attempting to take control due to perceived dereliction of or unfitness for duty is a major step, one sure to…

Producer Jason Blum Moved Release Date of “The Exorcist : Believer” and Plans New “Friday the 13th” Series

Famed horror producer Jason Blum, who has garnered a successful career frightening audiences with such movie franchises as Paranormal Activity, Insidious and the Halloween sequel trilogy, had his own scare recently: learning Taylor Swift had decided to release her Eras Tour concert film on the same day of his latest supernatural horror follow-up. As a…

William Friedkin Dies at 87: Iconic Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’

William Friedkin, who directed such iconic 1970s films as The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died in Los Angeles of heart failure and pneumonia. He was 87. Friedkin was part of a new generation of directors who came to prominence in the Seventies, a list that included Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, and Francis Ford…

‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’ Cinematographer Owen Roizman Dies at 86

Owen Roizman, 86, the noted cinematographer. has died following a long illness, according American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), of which Roizman served as president from 1997 to 1998. Roizman received five Oscar nominations, for The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie, and Wyatt Earp. In 2017, he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifelong…

William Friedkin to Direct New ‘Caine Mutiny’ Film After Decade-Long Hiatus

After a decade-long hiatus in directing narrative films, 87-year-old William Friedkin will be helming a new updated film version of Herman Wouk’s 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny. To be titled The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the film is being made for Paramount Global Content Distribution and Showtime. It will be Friedkin’s first narrative film since Killer…

David Gordon Green to Update New Details of ‘Exorcist’ for Blumhouse

After 49 years in the crypt, The Exorcist is about to manifest itself in a revival that David Gordon Green will be conjuring up for Blumhouse productions. It’s just been revealed that he will be directing the new film from a screenplay he’s co-writing with Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Peter Sattler. And, the role…

Blumhouse’s Upcoming The Exorcist Film Will be a Legacy Sequel to the Original

The upcoming next installment in the popular The Exorcist franchise is set to be a direct sequel to, and not a reboot of the original 1973 Academy Award-winning horror movie. Filmmaker David Gordon Green, who first garnered widespread success in the genre when he wrote, directed and produced the 2018 Halloween, shared the news about…