Horror franchise film The Final Destination 3 - D held onto the top spot with a pretty decent $ 12 million 3 - day take.
Not exact matches
Another
film that went on to have it's own
franchise pushed the boundaries of
horror, made on a shoestring budget and executed in the most simplest of terms was Saw.
One of the few last successful
horror franchises in modern history would have to be the Paranormal Activity flicks where it goes to show, that a
film that makes noises in another room can scare the living hell out of millions of people.
The fifth in the apparently never - ending series of
horror films actually has the highest Metascore of any
film in the
franchise, which doesn't make it good, per se; just not bad.
Well, you can't expect too much from a show made in 2015 even if it is somehow connected to your most beloved
horror film franchise.
If your a fan of the saw
franchise or
horror, in general, this
film is a must - see.
Juiced up with clever kills, a throwback soundtrack, and a unique new setting, Roberts»
film also makes the case that
horror franchises aren't dead yet, they just need some new blood.
Acclaimed director Ridley Scott returned once more to the Alien
franchise he helped start decades ago with this brutal sci - fi
horror film.
The Insidious
franchise — like most
horror series — began missing a step about two
films in.
The voice cast for this
film is unbelieveable including Tim Curry (The Rocky
Horror Picture Show), Claudia Black (TV's «Stargate SG - 1,» «90210»), Ron Glass (TV's «Firefly,» «Barney Miller»), Juliet Landau (TV's «Green Lantern: The Animated Series»), Tara Strong (TV's «Ultimate Spider - Man,» «My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic»), George Takei («Star Trek»
franchise), Cree Summer (TV's «The Spectacular Spider - Man,» «A Different World»), Claudia Christian (TV's «Babylon 5») and Dawnn Lewis (TV's «Futurama,» «A Different World»).
Can you believe this will be the 13th
film in the iconic
horror franchise?
We talk about her seven year journey with this
franchise, including stories involving Steve Carell, Pharrell Williams and Julie Andrews, and her upcoming on - screen
film debut — in the
horror movie «The Ice Cream Truck».
This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the funniest
films of the year, a trio of
horror movie collections for a few
franchises — one classic, one unlikely, and one incredibly gory — a dramatic turn from Robert Pattinson, and more.
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell may be best known for kicking off the long - running (and phenomenally successful) Saw
franchise, but the pair's latest
film is arguably their first attempt at pure
horror.
Although
filming for the Halloween sequel began several weeks ago, fans of the
horror movie
franchise were given another jolt of excitement today when scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis took to social media and posted a photo from the set.
He explored adventure and
horror cinema early in his career and created the popular Indiana Jones
franchise and the
film Poltergeist with George Lucas.
He directed the funniest
film in the Marvel
franchise, Iron Man 3, and the criminally underrated crime comedy The Nice Guys, so a big - budget R - rated sci - fi
horror like The Predator doesn't scream «next career step», but here we are.
What started as a way of parodying the «Scream»
films (themselves ostensibly a parody of the
horror genre to begin with) has evolved into a
franchise which takes shots at pretty much any movie it wants, from «Million Dollar Baby» to «Brokeback Mountain.»
In fact, Leigh Whannell is very open to returning to the Saw
franchise somewhere down the road, once he gets a political
horror comedy made, and a children's fantasy
film off the ground first.
Evil Dead remains one of the most - loved
franchises in
horror film history.
Producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has made a career out of taking low - to - moderately budgeted
horror films like Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Oculus and turning them into profitable box office offerings - often with promise of sequel and / or
franchise opportunities.
Scott seems to be taking the
franchise back to the
horror of the original Alien
film and looks to bridge the gap between Prometheus and 1979's Alien.
Alien is revered as one of the greatest
horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest
films set in space, so what happens when the director of the
film that originated the
franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?
The character is getting his own standalone
film later this year, and it is helmed by James Wan who is otherwise known for his
horror films like The Conjuring
franchise.
The fourth
film in a
horror franchise, released on the first weekend of the new year, is just about the easiest movie to write off ever.
It's balanced execution of claustrophobic cinematography and traditional jump scares set the pace for a new
franchise («Insidious: Chapter 2» and «Insidious: Chapter 3» followed) that reminded audiences of what
horror films could be at their core:
Films capable of absorbing audiences into a world filled with their darkest fears.
LOS ANGELES November 29, 2016 — In support of the upcoming action /
horror film UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS, the latest installment in the blockbuster UNDERWORLD
franchise, Screen Gems has partnered with the wildly popular platform Snapchat to develop the first - ever sponsored interactive 3D Lens to reach their 150 + million daily users and allow the studio to communicate with Snapchatters in the most...
This
film has several risks riding on it — you have
horror auteur James Wan trying his hand in the action realm, finally getting the
franchise's
film's timeline to its present, and of course most of all this
film had to figure out how to move on after the tragic death of Paul Walker.
Starting with Sam Raimi «s iconic original
film, through his increasingly comedic (and deranged) sequels, Fede Alvarez «s grisly remake, and the long - awaited return of Bruce Campbell «s chainsaw - wielding hero in the Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead, the
horror franchise has proven as elastic as it is enduring, able to mold to the specific demands of each new iteration without losing that delirious double shot of zany personality that defines it.
The most killer toy ever is back, as Universal Studios officially announced today that the seventh
film in the Child's Play
horror franchise will begin production this Monday, titled Curse of Chucky, and an announcement video and details have been released.
With the
horror -
franchise Paranormal Activity going strong (the three movies released so far have brought in an excess of half - a-billion dollars) and recent religious
horror films doing well in the box office (The Devil Inside), the Paranormal Activity folks are...
So we've assembled our take on the 50 best
horror films of the 21st century — the zombie - apocalypse tales, things - that - go - bump - in - the - psyche ghost stories, retro - slasher flicks, neo-giallo nuggets, J -
horror, K -
horror, French extreme and Hollywood
franchise films that have spooked us, shook us and scared us shitless since 2000.
Actor Bruce Campbell is reprising his role in classic
horror film franchise The Evil Dead with a new Tv series.Campbell will step back into his role...
But as I said, as it has its own little
franchise now, which is looking to be very interesting, maybe it's good to have this small - time
film, showing off its humble beginnings as a nice, little
horror action.
Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions (THE
horror film producing company so far this decade) has teamed up with Halloween
franchise producer Malek Akkad and Miramax to bring a new
film to the big - screen for a planned release of October 2017.
Had those
films come out today, audiences probably still would have been disappointed, which is why future
horror franchises haven't attempted this again.
If anything, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL shows us to keep an open mind to both big - budget
horror and to
franchise films that smartly change directors.
Screenwriter and producer Diablo Cody's second feature
film, an ersatz
horror story set in a small town high school, provides the first real test as an actor for internet - manufactured hottie Megan Fox, until now lost among giant robots and special effects in the Transformers
franchise.
When: January 11th Why: Unless you're a fan of the «Scary Movie»
franchise, which Marlon Wayans helped launch over a decade ago, it's hard to imagine you'll have any sort of interest in his new
horror comedy, which parodies found footage
films like «Paranormal Activity» and «The Devil Inside.»
Yes, the trailers are creepy, but we've been burned by plenty of
horror franchises in the past to know that they usually don't get better by the fourth
film.
Leigh Whannell, co-creator of the terrifying
horror franchise, directs the third
film in theaters June 5, 2015.
Well Go USA Entertainment brings all five
films in Don Coscarelli's iconic
horror franchise to DVD for the first time
-- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers What better way to celebrate this year's 20th anniversary of the sixth
film in the Halloween movie series than re-watching this often misunderstood and quite controversial entry into
horror's most hallowed
film franchise.
Of all the major
horror franchises, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has been pretty poorly served despite being eight
films in, and still filmmakers and studios can not move away from trying to give a definitive background on main antagonist Leatherface, a fact given credence by the eponymous title which, in any other
franchise, would be seen as being definitive but this being the schizophrenic series that it is, this is the second movie in it to bear this title, the other being 1990s Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.
After a surprisingly entertaining intro
film and an awful sequel (directed by Jack Sholder — with Wishmaster 2 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, he did his best to fatally harpoon two budding
franchises), Wishmaster 3 staggers onto the direct - to - video market with an astonishingly dull start that establishes Diana as a typically wounded
horror movie scream queen and the
film itself as just another dead - teenager flick.
LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2016 — John Carpenter, the multiple award - winning and legendary filmmaker and creator of the original Halloween
films, will return to the
franchise as executive producer on a new production of the iconic
horror movie, it was jointly announced today by MIRAMAX ® and Trancas International
Films — MIRAMAX ® and Blumhouse Productions will co-finance development and production, with Malek Akkad serving as producer under his Trancas banner and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse.
AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING, is a revival of the popular
franchise and a modern twist on the classic
horror film.
Cult of Chucky is the seventh
film in the popular
horror franchise.
As Blum appreciates in all his series, the anticipated follow - up to the hit 2012
horror film, «Sinister,» will deepen audience's appreciation of the
franchise by retaining beloved elements from the original, while also surprising theme by not being imitative.
Last Night's news that John Carpenter would return to the Halloween to produce a new
film in the
franchise was shocking, which turned the
horror