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‘Evil Dead: The Musical’ Brings Deadites, Boomsticks And Gore to San Antonio

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Deadites are getting ready to invade The Cameo Theatre in San Antonio, TX. Not just regular old Deadites. These are the kind that love to swallow souls and belt out tune or two.

Evil Dead: The Musical arrives Oct. 2 and is going to bring more of the blood-soaked, broomstick weilding, Necronomicon driven goodness that fans of The Evil Dead trilogy love.

The story for those who are unlucky enough to not know what The Evil Dead is, follows Ash and a group of youngsters who head out to a cabin in the woods, to have a good time and maybe get some sugar. They stumble upon an ancient book of the dead and unintentionally unleash powerful Candarian demons who intend to make certain the group is dead by dawn.

Well these screwhead demons didn’t count on the fact that Ash,one of the baddest motherfuckers in the world, has other ideas and intends to put a boomstick and chainsaw in their sinister plans.

The musical is filled with all the best moments from the film, including hand dismemberment, pervy trees that just don’t take no for an answer and gallons and gallons and gallons of blood.

Gallons of blood will be used at Evil Dead The Musical

“We have 330 gallons of fake blood to throw on the audience and average about 30 gallons a night.” Jonathan Pennington, Evil Dead: The Musical, actor and producer said.

Those lucky enough to get tickets to the first few rows at the show, are the ones lucky enough to get totally covered in all the fake blood that is constantly being sprayed onstage.

The musical numbers really do go perfectly with the tongue-in-cheek nature of the films. Songs like “What The Fuck Was That,” and “Blow That Bitch Away!” are genuinely hilarious and are complete with Ash in full gear, holding a chainsaw and broomstick in classic Campbell poses.

“The trees might feel better, ask Cheryl, but the cutting off your hand is more gratifying and epic.” Pennington said, when asked if he would rather be faced with the pervy demon trees or cutting off his own hand with a chainsaw.

Evil Dead is a fan-favorite and something that is sacred in the genre. Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi really did manage to create some magic sorcery that no other team would have been capable of pulling off. So how hard was it to play a character as iconic as Ash?

Pennington humbly replied, “I study the legend himself, Bruce Campbell. He is my hero and I want to do him justice. It is a dream of mine to meet him. I think he would be happy with the show.”

Evil Dead: The Musical runs at the Cameo Theatre in San Antonio, TX from Oct. 2 to Oct 31. For more information and tickets, got to cameocenter.com. Use promo code “deadite” for a $10 discount off adult ticket price.

 

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New Windswept Action Trailer for ‘Twisters’ Will Blow You Away

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The summer movie blockbuster game came in soft with The Fall Guy, but the new trailer for Twisters is bringing back the magic with an intense trailer full of action and suspense. Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin, is behind this newest disaster film just like its 1996 predecessor.

This time Daisy Edgar-Jones plays the female lead named Kate Cooper, “a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.”

Twisters cast includes Nope’s Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy).

Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and hits theaters on July 19.

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Travis Kelce Joins Cast on Ryan Murphy’s ‘Grotesquerie’

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Football star Travis Kelce is going Hollywood. At least that is what Dahmer Emmy award-winning star Niecy Nash-Betts announced on her Instagram page yesterday. She posted a video of herself on set of the new Ryan Murphy FX series Grotesquerie.

“This is what happens when WINNERS link up‼️ @killatrav Welcome to Grostequerie[sic]!” she wrote.

Standing just out of frame is Kelce who suddenly steps in to say, “Jumping into new territory with Niecy!” Nash-Betts appears to be in a hospital gown while Kelce is dressed as an orderly.

Not much is known about Grotesquerie, other than in literary terms it means a work filled with both science fiction and extreme horror elements. Think H.P. Lovecraft.

Back in February Murphy released an audio teaser for Grotesquerie on social media. In it, Nash-Betts says in part, “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole that descends into a nothingness…”

There hasn’t been an official synopsis released regarding Grotesquerie, but keep checking back to iHorror for further details.

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’47 Meters Down’ Getting Third Movie Called ‘The Wreck’

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Deadline is reporting that a new 47 Meters Down installment is heading into production, making the shark series a trilogy. 

“Series creator Johannes Roberts, and screenwriter Ernest Riera, who wrote the first two films, have co-written the third installment: 47 Meters Down: The Wreck.” Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine) will direct.

The first two films were a moderate success, released in 2017 and 2019 respectively. The second film is titled 47 Meters Down: Uncaged

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The plot for The Wreck is detailed by Deadline. They write that it involves a father and daughter trying to repair their relationship by spending time together scuba diving into a sunken ship, “But soon after their descent, their master diver has an accident leaving them alone and unprotected inside the labyrinth of the wreck. As tensions rise and oxygen dwindles, the pair must use their newfound bond to escape the wreck and the relentless barrage of bloodthirsty great white sharks.”

The filmmakers are hoping to present the pitch to the Cannes market with production starting in the fall. 

47 Meters Down: The Wreck is the perfect continuation of our shark-filled franchise,” said Byron Allen, founder/chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. “This film will once again have moviegoers terrified and on the edge of their seats.”

Johannes Roberts adds, “We can’t wait for audiences to be trapped underwater with us again. 47 Meters Down: The Wreck is going to be the biggest, most-intense film of this franchise.”

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