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Shudder’s Behind the Monsters Looks Like a Slay-fully Good Time
Shudder’s Behind the Monsters is a documentary series paying tribute to some of the biggest and most bloodthirsty names in the game. The first trailer is here and it looks like a lot of fun, with Tom Savini, Heather Langenkamp, Doug Bradley, Tony Todd, and other well-known figures chiming in to share their experience and…
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Director Nia DaCosta Says Landing Captain Marvel 2 Didn’t Magically Erase Her Student Loan Debt
A few months after Nia DaCosta officially signed on to direct the new Candyman — which has gone on to become the first movie directed by a Black woman to premiere at the top of the box office — the director happened to bump into New York Times columnist and illustrator Julia Rothman, who was…
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Shudder’s Behind the Monsters Series Will Showcase Slasher’s Most Iconic Villains
Freddy, Jason, Michael, Chucky, Pinhead, and Candyman (Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman) — all slasher monsters that horror fans are totally comfortable referencing on a first-name basis. Shudder will dig into their enduring yet terrifying appeal in a new six-episode series, Behind the Monsters, which kicks off just before Halloween and promises a Behind the Music-style examination…
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Candyman’s True Horror Was a Matter of Perspective
Even after you watch the titular boogeyman of director Bernard Rose’s 1992 Candyman tear into victims with his gruesome hook hand, it’s inexplicably tempting to find the nearest mirror and speak his name five times just to see what will happen. Everything about Candyman explains why you shouldn’t do this. And yet there’s something about…