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Silent Hills Goes Silent
Think it's tough for an independent producer to get a movie or other project going?

Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus were in on this one and it was so tough to get all the participating parties on the same page that the entire project collapsed. And SILENT HILLS had that built in SILENT HILL audience hungering for it. Moreover, it is precisely because of this collapse, that major game comapny, Konami, may die. SILENT HILLS may have been make or break.

Read how it all went down the tubes and why at Forbes.

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20 Most Hilariously Cheap-Looking Monsters From Vintage B-Movies
I guess we don't have enough reviews of awful 1950s monster movies. Seriously, I never saw the point, as I wrongly figured we've all seen them and all love/hate them in equal measure. I didn't think I was going to tell you anything you didn't already know.

But of course, that's wrong because there are new audiences born every day.

So if you crave the "cheepnis" of monsters from THE DEADLY MANTIS to THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD to THE WASP WOMAN to THE KILLER SHREWS and more, enjoy this bottom 20 of geeky goodness.

Article at Scribol.

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James Cameron may have accidentally written a fifth Avatar movie already
Writing another AVATAR sequel was an accident! Honest! And James Cameron feels just awful about it.

The whole sordid story at The Verge.

So if you were a childhood fan of Scooby-Doo, good for you. And while we're on the subject, here is a final Happy Birthday to the voice of Scooby's best pal, the perpetually frightened Shaggy.
Voice actor Casey Kasem (Norville "Shaggy" Rogers of various SCOOBY DOO cartoons since the beginning - over 40 years ago! - in 1969, THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT, GHOSTBUSTERS) would have been 83 today. Goodbye dude.
Actor Kevin McNally (ENIGMA, DOCTOR WHO [TV 1984], THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES: MY FIRST ADVENTURE, UNDERWORLD [TV 1997], JEKYLL & HYDE [1990], PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN [all], THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [2004], DEAD FISH, SCOOP, DEMONS [TV], THE RAVEN [2012], BOUNTY KILLER) is 59.
Look for Kevin's upcominig Horror Thrille for 2015, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH. Also, filming right now for a 2017 release, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES. IMDb lists the movie as having two directors.
Actor Lisa Wilcox (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM MASTER, A NIGHTMORE ON ELM STREET; THE DREAM CHILD, WATCHERS REBORN, DEAD COUNTRY, FEAR CLINIC [Net Series], SAVAGE, SEBASTIAN, IMAGO, CLINGER) is 51.
Look for Lisa in the upcoming 2014, 2015 Horror Thriller, THE CHURCH.

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For Great Social Justice (without the work)!
During an interview with Digital Spy, Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans joke as their in-character Hawkeye and Captain America when they find out Black Widow has dumped them for Bruce Banner.

They didn't say anything you wouldn't hear on women's shows like The View (every single damn episode that I've ever seen, and believe me, that's both rare and random).

However, Jeremy and Chris are not women, so the world must stop while they are duly upbraided by the sit-on-their-fat-ass keyboard courage of the Internet's Social Justice Warriors (no doubt lobbying for PTSD handouts from the government as we speak).

Jeremy and Chris have since apologized to the chicken shit scolds, because after all, these guys aren't stand-up comics defending their comedy career, so who wants to lose their job over such trivial bullshit?

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Women held captive in Ohio home for decade release a memoir
From THE AMITYVILLE HORROR to PSYCHO to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and way more, real life Horror influences fictional Horror.

These women endured real Horror.

Story at St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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'Evil twin' found in student's brain
I'm not saying Stephen King's THE DARK HALF but...

... yeah, Stephen King's THE DARK HALF.

Story at The Telegraph.

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Scientists fully decode a pair of mammoth DNA genomes
We're moving backward to Jurassic Park for real. We're not there yet, but right now we are fully capable of bringing Woolly Mammoths back to life.

They'd make an interesting exhibit. Whether or not they are capable of eating modern plants is another story. For all we know, the woolly mammoth diet may be as finicky as the eucalyptus eating koala bear.

The last of the woolly mammoths died out around 1650 BC, hundreds of years after Egyptians were building and refining their pyramid skills.

Story at EnGadget.

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Is This The Worst 'The Walking Dead' Theory Yet?
People, people, people, we addressed this back in 2010 in our webseries, UNIVERSAL DEAD. These Undead are not infected, it's an infestation. There's a difference and that's the scientific reason why rotting zombies can keep going like the Energizer bunny.

Story at Uproxx.

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Social Mediasochist
I first enjoyed this crazy Horror-Homage music video in 2014 on Bloody-Disgusting. I saw it on Facebook today (April 23, 2015) and I was surprised that, as a Facebook video, there is no attribution to the band or the maker. Someone intentionally cut the credits off!

So I looked them up on YouTube and, unbelievably after over 6 months, this video has only 66,500+ views. Yet the non-YouTube Facebook edit is getting plenty of play!

Well son of a bitch! Is it too much to ask that the people who made something you enjoy get - at the very least - recognition?

Watch the video at Feo Amante Theater/ Social Mediasochist

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Marvel Secretly Cuts Off The Hands As A Star Wars Tribute
Of all the Easter Eggs Marvel could have gone for, it could have been worse I guess. Marvel could have become a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Story at Cinema Blend.

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Joss Whedon Bummed That Marvel Brought Agent Coulson Back From The Dead
Nothing personal dude, truly, but AGENTS OF SHIELD is totes popular and the fans are starting not to care what you think.

Story at io9.

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See the Uncomfortable Moments That Led Up to Actor Robert Downey Jr. Walking Out of TV Interview
Or what happens when you are interviewed by a delusional buffoon who is convinced his job sends him to Hollywood promotional junkets to cover the serious journalism.

Because of the nature of junkets, it was covered from many angles.

Stories at
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If All Goes Well A Year From Now You Should Get A Ticket!
Fans across the nation were part of the sensation of flocking to see an IMAX showing of the upcoming BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE trailer last night.

That's it. Just a trailer. But Warner Bros surprised everyone but the 4Chan and Reddit folks with a coupon for a free ticket to a week early show of BM v SM: DoJ in March!

March 2016, yes. The shoot is over but hoo boy do they ever have a lot of post going into this thing!

So all of those fans now have something to live for!

Full story at BusinessInsider.

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Is MacBeth Really Cursed?
I dated a theater actress for a while who once mentioned Macbeth during foreplay. Which led to a stabbing of sorts when I screwed my courage to the sticking place.

In any event, Simon Brew at Mental Floss has an interesting article on the superstitions of stage folk.

Read more at MentalFloss.