THE WEEK IN MACABRE!
It’s Friday guys and ghouls, and that means MacabreDaily’s new ongoing section, THE WEEK IN MACABRE, is here to catch up on all the latest MD news, reviews, and rants from this week that you might have missed! This week, the Duffer Brothers teased a time jump for season five of STRANGER THINGS, our own Matt Orozco reviewed the Arrow Blu-ray for THE INITIATION OF SARAH, and we got our first look at the red band trailer for the upcoming TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE video game!
See all the news from the macabre and mysterious you might have missed from this week!
GHOSTFACE TAKES MANHATTAN - SCREAM 6 TO TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY!
Ghostface is packing his bags and heading to the Big Apple for his next killer trip! That’s right, it was confirmed over the weekend that SCREAM 6 will take place in New York City!
ROB ZOMBIE'S THE MUNSTERS - ZOMBO GETS HIS FIRST EVER ACTION FIGURE FROM NECA!
Rob Zombie is digging deep into his upcoming film ‘THE MUNSTERS’ and bringing back a classic character known as “The Great ZOMBO” and at this years San Diego Comic-Con, the folks over at NECA have made the characters first action figure as one of their many exclusives!
COBRA KAI CREATORS BRINGING DUKE NUKEM TO THE BIG SCREEN!
After acquiring licensing from game developer Gearbox, Legendary Entertainment confirmed to mainstream media outlet The Hollywood Reporter that a Duke Nukem film is in development with the masterminds behind Netflix's Emmy-nominated Cobra Kai.
A JURASSIC WORLD ESCAPE ROOM EXPERIENCE IS STOMPING ITS WAY TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO!
Dinosaurs are taking over Universal Orlando with a brand new escape room experience based around Jurassic World as part of Universal’s Great Movie Escape! Universal’s Great Movie Escape, featuring two extraordinary escape adventures inspired by Jurassic World and Back to the Future, is coming to Universal CityWalk this Fall.
JOKER 2 REPORTEDLY LOOKING AT LADY GAGA TO PLAY HARLEY QUINN!
Nothing is 100% confirmed, but The Hollywood Reporter reported last night that Lady Gaga is in early talks to join Todd Phillips‘ sequel Joker: Folie à Deux as Harley Quinn.
SHARK WEEK 2022 SWIMS ON TO DISCOVERY STARTING JULY 24TH!
Just when you thought it was safe to watch Discovery and Discovery Plus, SHARK WEEK has just been announced for 2022 and it will be taking a bite out of the summer when it begins on July 24th!
TAIWANESE FOUND- FOOTAGE HORROR FLICK 'INCANTATION' HEADS TO NETFLIX IN JULY [TRAILER]
A cursed video has been found and director Kevin Ko is bringing it to Netflix in new film ‘Incantation’, on July 8th. The film was released theatrically in Taiwan in March and has been described as the “scariest Taiwanese film ever,” reports THR.
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE VIDEO GAME GETS BLOODY WITH RELEASE OF NEW RED BAND TRAILER AND GAMEPLAY!
Get those chainsaws oiled and gassed up folks cuz we’re going to Texas for some good ol’ fashioned Slaughter family BBQ in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Video Game! A new red band trailer has just dropped for the game and we have it in all its bloody glory below!
SHUDDER ACQUIRES AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY 'THIS IS GWAR' [TRAILER]
Shudder, AMC Network's premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, has acquired rights to the documentary. This is GWAR, which gives rare insight into the 30-plus year career of one of the world's most outrageous heavy metal bands, GWAR, known for their grotesque costumed characters and notoriously wild, fluid-soaked stage shows.
SDCC 2022: YESTERDAYS BRINGS THE MISFITS TO SAN DIEGO COMIC CON WITH NEW EXCLUSIVE MERCH!
San Diego Comic Con is fast approaching and the exclusive news is as well. Today we focus on the company YESTERDAYS and the SDCC Exclusives they will be bringing to the convention floor. This exclusive is some serious Horror Business as it relates to the iconic punk band THE MISFITS!
LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RETURN BEING TEASED BY DEVELOPER
There was a small, albeit rabid fan base for the 2012 video game Lollipop Chainsaw and now it seems like those fans are in luck as the developer has just teased her return in a new game.
COLLECTOR'S CRYPT - THE INITIATION OF SARAH (ARROW BLU-RAY)
Leave it to ARROW FILMS to dig up an obscure 70s-era made-for-TV movie, THE INITIATION OF SARAH, and give it the white glove blu ray treatment. The crypt has gotten our hands on a copy of this release thanks to our fine friends at MVD ENTERTAINMENT, and let’s see if this is a title worth initiating into your collection!
ROB ZOMBIE'S 'THE MUNSTERS' - NEW IMAGE RELEASED OF HERMAN, LILY, AND GRANDPA!
Last week, we got our first look at Rob Zombie’s ‘THE MUNSTERS’ in a new teaser trailer that paid homage to the original shows iconic intro. Today Zombie is sharing an all new image of the films trio.
NEW HORROR- COMEDY 'WHO INVITED THEM' PUTS A TWIST ON HOME INVASION THIS SEPTEMBER
Shudder has been pumping out some pretty rad original films as of late and another one to keep your eyes on is the upcoming Horror Comedy, ‘WHO INVITED THEM’ coming to the streaming service this September.
SQUID GAME SEASON 2 OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED IN NEW TEASER VIDEO BY NETFLIX!
Netflix officially announced Season 2 in the following video, which came accompanied by a letter to fans from Hwang Dong-hyuk, which thanked fans for “watching and loving our show.”
'MONSTER HIGH: THE MOVIE' DOLLS GET THEIR OWN LIVE ACTION FEATURE
MONSTER HIGH, Mattel’s doll line that features the daughters of classic monsters including Frankie Stein, Draculaura and Clawdeen Wolf, is coming back to life with 2 new projects that are for sure to please fans of the property.
SCREAM 6: JACK CHAMPION, LIANA LIBERATO, DEVYN NEKODA AND JOSH SEGARRA ADDED TO CAST!
The cast for SCREAM 6 is ever growing and today we have learned that a few more victims…we mean actors, have been added to the next film in the franchise.
STRANGER THINGS 5 WILL MOST LIKELY FEATURE A TIME JUMP, THE DUFFER BROTHERS TEASE
July 1st will be the when the final 2 episodes for STRANGER THINGS 4 get released on Netflix. It has been confirmed that only one more season of Stranger Things will be happening by The Duffer Brothers and it most definitely will be the FINAL season. With the young cast getting older but the characters in the show staying the same age, a time jump is definitely a smart move and now has been confirmed.
JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING RETURNS TO THEATERS THIS SUNDAY AND NEXT WEDNESDAY ONLY!
John Carpenter’s THE THING is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and with that we have some pretty rad news that the film is coming back to the big screen this weekend and next week ONLY!
NICOLE KIDMAN STARRING IN NEW THRILLER 'HOLLAND MICHIGAN' FROM 'FRESH' DIRECTOR
Fresh off the heels of her role in ‘THE NORTHMAN,’ Nicole Kidman has her next project coming up quick with new thriller, Holland, Michigan from the director of Hulu’s Fresh, Mimi Cave.
SDCC 2022: PRIME VIDEO TO GIVE EARLY SNEAK PEEK AT THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
San Diego Comic Con is fast approaching (July 21st thru 24th) and panel news is slowly starting to take shape. One series we are seriously eager for is the upcoming Lord Of The Rings spinoff series coming from Prime Video and today we received word the cast will be taking over Hall H for an exclusive sneak peek!
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