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Opening this week is the first big horror movie release of 2013, Texas Chainsaw 3D, while elsewhere, Crawlspace gets a limited run and The Thompsons hits home video.
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The sequel to the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest entry The Hamiltons, The Thompsons finds the antiheroic family on the run in Europe under an assumed name but with the same appetite for destruction. Read about it in my review of The Thompsons, which hits home video on January 1 (or today, since tomorrow is a holiday).
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The troubled history of Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane finally ended this week when NBC officially declined to pick it up as a series. After giving the pilot episode a test run around Halloween, the network passed on the high-profile show, despite the fact it earned the highest key demographic ratings for NBC in that time slot in two years. The ratings, however, were apparently not enough to offset the cost of the pricey, effects-heavy series — or maybe NBC just didn’t like the show. Whatever the reasoning, it’s a shame Mockingbird Lane didn’t get more of a shot; it would’ve made a perfect companion for Grimm on Friday nights. The pilot wasn’t great, but it had its moments, and it was certainly intriguing enough to stir interest in the continuing storyline.
Photo by: Gavin Bond/NBC
The troubled history of Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane finally ended this week when NBC officially declined to pick it up as a series. After giving the pilot episode a test run around Halloween, the network passed on the high-profile show, despite the fact it earned the highest key demographic ratings for NBC in that time slot in two years. The ratings, however, were apparently not enough to offset the cost of the pricey, effects-heavy series — or maybe NBC just didn’t like the show. Whatever the reasoning, it’s a shame Mockingbird Lane didn’t get more of a shot; it would’ve made a perfect companion for Grimm on Friday nights. The pilot wasn’t great, but it had its moments, and it was certainly intriguing enough to stir interest in the continuing storyline.
Photo by: Gavin Bond/NBC
The troubled history of Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane finally ended this week when NBC officially declined to pick it up as a series. After giving the pilot episode a test run around Halloween, the network passed on the high-profile show, despite the fact it earned the highest key demographic ratings for NBC in that time slot in two years. The ratings, however, were apparently not enough to offset the cost of the pricey, effects-heavy series — or maybe NBC just didn’t like the show. Whatever the reasoning, it’s a shame Mockingbird Lane didn’t get more of a shot; it would’ve made a perfect companion for Grimm on Friday nights. The pilot wasn’t great, but it had its moments, and it was certainly intriguing enough to stir interest in the continuing storyline.
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Check out the intriguing trailers for five small, independent films preparing to give you chills and thrills in early 2013: Crawlspace, Storage 24, Resolution, Black Rock and John Dies at the End.
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Well, it’s time to reflect on all that has transpired during the year, both good and bad. But mostly bad. Behold, it’s the sixth annual Scabbies, celebrating the worst that horror movies had to offer during 2012!
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This should come as no surprise given The Walking Dead‘s consistently stellar ratings over the past three years, but the zombie TV series — currently in midseason hiatus — has been renewed for a fourth season. Interestingly, though, Glen Mazzara, who’s served as showrunner for the second and third seasons (following Frank Darabont’s controversial departure), won’t be back. The official word from AMC is that “both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward.” I don’t normally care a whole lot about who the showrunner of a given series is, but The Walking Dead is one of the rare shows that has improved in quality over its first three seasons, so the fact that the show won’t be going in the direction the person who oversaw such improvement envisions is a bit troubling. Still, that won’t prevent me from eagerly anticipating Season 4 next fall.
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This should come as no surprise given The Walking Dead‘s consistently stellar ratings over the past three years, but the zombie TV series — currently in midseason hiatus — has been renewed for a fourth season. Interestingly, though, Glen Mazzara, who’s served as showrunner for the second and third seasons (following Frank Darabont’s controversial departure), won’t be back. The official word from AMC is that “both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward.” I don’t normally care a whole lot about who the showrunner of a given series is, but The Walking Dead is one of the rare shows that has improved in quality over its first three seasons, so the fact that the show won’t be going in the direction the person who oversaw such improvement envisions is a bit troubling. Still, that won’t prevent me from eagerly anticipating Season 4 next fall.