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Warner Bros. Delivers A Terrifying Sequel ‘Horror Made Here: A Festival of Frights’ Event

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It’s that magical time of year. Attractions across the nation have a spooky bent as they gear up for Halloween and devilish mischief. One of the newer attractions, Warner Bros. Studios’ Horror Made Here returns with an appropriately sequel like expansion with more mazes and mayhem!

As we reported previouslyHorror Made Here has some new frightful attractions after starting the Halloween fun in 2016. Of course, Pennywise The Dancing Clown’s stomping ground The Neibolt House has returned and is crawling with clowns and yellow raincoated apparitions. This was my first time at the event, but the IT themed house delivered on some fantastic scares and real life replications of the blockbuster horror movie.

One of the most interesting attractions to stand out was a haunt based on Freddy VS Jason, entitled Nightmare On Camp Crystal Lake. Combined with a studio tour of the famous Warner Bros. Lot, you’ll see locations from horror classics like GremlinsHouse Of Wax, and Friends (You read that right) as you’re dropped off at a forested part of the lot transformed into Jason Voorhees’ accursed home of Camp Crystal Lake. The site littered with terrified and mangled campers, the hockey masked killer makes his presence known, especially with A Nightmare On Elm Street‘s Freddy Krueger muscling in on his turf! This was perhaps my favorite maze of the night, featuring a truly dread inducing acetic and evoking scenes from both franchises.

Another new addition was the DC Comics themed Escape From Arkham Asylum featuring another terrifying pop culture clown, The Joker! As civilians trapped in the famous Arkham Asylum while the clown prince of crime has taken over, The Joker sentences you to be driven insane (in a set-piece oddly evocative of the Dan Akroyd black comedy Nothing But Trouble) before forcing you into the bowels of the asylum where you’ll encounter some of Batman’s most deranged foes on the loose. The set-up and adaptation of the various Batman villains was pretty amusing, but don’t expect anything too scary here.

Another Warner Bros. horror franchise got a house this year with The Conjuring Universe. Taking a tour of the famous Warren Family house, you’ll go through their accursed museum and run into Annabelle, The Nun, and other supernatural psychopaths. This was a rather clever haunted attraction and featured some pretty surprising scares and effects that got me to jump. The 70’s aesthetic is captured well, and the house has some interesting twists and turns.

One of the more interesting additions this year was The Exorcist: The Forbidden Screening. Entering the church set on the lot, used in movies such as Monster Squad, you’ll be seated to a holy screening of the William Friedkin classic, The Exorcist, at least some of the most notorious scenes. But with a 4D experience that includes special FX, objects moving, and surprise guests…

Aside from the main attractions, there are a bunch of fun treats and shops about the festivities, giving it a real carnage filled carnival feel. The one that caught my attention being ‘The Crave Inn Cafe’ a loving shout out to Wes craven and both A Nightmare On Elm Street and Nightmare Cafe. Also making me flashback to the pizza scene from Dream Master!

There’s also The Lost Boys Arcade, where all manner of 80’s classic games from Mario Bros. to Space Invaders are available to play for free in all their frustratingly fun glory.

Those aside, there’s also a giant drop ride, the True Blood themed vampire bar Fangtasia, the Little Shop Of Horrors themed gift shop, and more!

Overall, while not as flashy or huge as other horror amusements, Horror Made Here has a lot of heart and a lot of history. Featuring several fun haunts and events that definitely make this an attraction worth visiting!

Horror Made Here begins October 5th, 2018. Tickets are on sale now at horrormadehere.com.

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

Inside the Lizzie Borden House

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

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The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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