CHILD44, is based on the true horror thriller tale of Joseph Stalin era Soviet Union, when a gruesome child murderer dubbed Rostov Ripper, the Butcher of Rostov, and the Red Ripper (because no one knew if it was the same person. Serial killers usually have a heyday in Socialist countries where people are afraid to question anything lest shadowy government minions involved).

Because Rob Smith's is so much better than anything I've ever wrote, the movie is being treated with respect as well, meaning this movie will be marketed as a Thriller sans the Horror. Like THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was, although there was no one in the audience who missed the first and foremost Horror movie soul of the film.

Now that I've wetted your appetite for this April 17 U.S. release, here are the latest character posters for March 25, 2015.

KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES!
Horror can keep vampires, zombies, ghosts and werewolves going ad exhaustion, so why not Things That Go KA-BOOM In The Night?

I'm talkin' 'bout meteorites, natch. Which, you know, could entirely be alien spacecraft. Not saying they are alien spacecraft, I'm only pointing out that they could be. The same way your considerably older sister could be your Mother. I'm not saying she is, mind you but... yeah. I mean, Hey! It happened to Jack Nicholson! And no one was more surprised (or apparently at ease with it) than Jack Nicholson.

So if my Writing and film making visitors need a boot of inspiration up their backside, you could do worse than H.G. Wells' novel, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, or H.P. Lovecraft's THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, or Scott Sigler's INFECTED, or movies like Howard Hawk's THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD! (1951), THE BLOB, John Carpenter's THE THING (From, y'know, Another World - 1982), THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, CRITTERS, TRANSFORMERS, stuff like that.

Of course, there's the real stuff too.

Researchers: World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia
(CNN)The massive meteorite split in two shortly before smashing into Earth, wiping out large numbers of species.

The devastating event took place on our planet many millions of years ago, but researchers are only now beginning to discover what happened.

Continued at CNN.

AND ...Then I Threw Up

Film Critic Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Sex From Teen Online
Gabriel Toro, a 31-year-old film critic with bylines in IndieWire, CinemaBlend, and Den of Geek, pled guilty this month to charges including soliciting pornographic pictures from a 14-year-old girl and posting advertisements for sex with the girl on Craigslist.

Continued at Gawker.

PLUS

Boeing Just Patented A Force Field Made Of Lasers

Well they're too damn late. Last month I patented a Force Field made of Lobsters.

Keep an eye out for my Kickstarter page to raise funds for the prototypes. Give generously. The lobsters are counting on you.

Stupid Boeing story at PopSci.

WASSMOR

Hey! You want to check out even more images from TERMINATOR: GENISYS?

Yeah, me neither. Bring on the movie already.

FINALLY

ORPHAN BLACK Season 3
This. THIS is what I'm waiting for.

ORPHAN BLACK is my FIREFLY!

Story at Nerdist.

Then on January 1, 2015, Director Neill Blomkamp (DISTRICT 9) did this,

Twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp.

At the same time on his Instagram Neill did this,

Instagram.com/NeillBlomkamp.

Which made ALIEN fans say this,

Continued at Feo Amante/ Alien News.