Stranger Things’ Conformity Gate Explained
What are the chances that Netflix and the Duffer Brothers rolled out the Stranger Things series finale only to pull an old switcheroo and drop another episode on us? To many fans, it is looking more and more like a 2nd Christmas is coming. Is Netflix dropping the “real” final episode on January 7th? Welcome to Conformity Gate. What Exactly Is Stranger Things’ Conformity Gate? According to a growing number of fans across the interweb, Conformity Gate is a theory that the entire Stranger Things season epilogue was just a Vecna-crafted illusion, a psychic trap meant to put the characters, and… Read more »
Monster: The Ed Gein Story – Netflix Digs Up the Original Chainsaw Massacre
Step aside, Menendez Brothers. Move out of the way, Mr Dahmer. Ed Gein has entered the building. Monster: The Ed Gein Story is coming to Netflix, and nobody is safe from this chainsaw-wielding maniac. Let’s go! Who Was Ed Gein? Ed Gein didn’t just murder; he pretty much invented it! As the godfather of modern horror, he started his killing career in the fields of 1950s Wisconsin on a decaying farm where he hid his private house of horrors. His first victim came in November of 1957. Bernice Worden disappeared from her hardware store in Plainfield, Wisconsin. She was found in… Read more »
Stranger Things Season 5: The Final Showdown
Grab your walkie-talkies and break out the Eggo waffles, Stranger Things is back for one final trip to the Upside Down. Netflix has announced that the 5th and final season will premiere in three parts: Volume 1: November 26, 2025 (Thanksgiving) Volume 2: December 25, 2025 (Christmas) Finale: December 31, 2025 (New Year’s Eve) This holiday season is looking to be a busy one in Hawkins! Stranger Things Season 5: What To Expect Vecna Returns: Vecna is back, after narrowly escaping death in Season 4, and he is more powerful than ever. Eleven vs. 001: The psychic showdown intensifies, but… Read more »
Welcome to Derry – Pennywise’s Origin Story Revealed
For decades, Stephen King‘s IT has terrified bibliophiles and cinephiles alike, starting with the first page of the classic 1986 novel, then the 1990 miniseries, and bookending with the 2017 and 2019 blockbuster films. But Pennywise isn’t finished just yet. HBO is taking us wayyyy back with IT: Welcome to Derry, a prequel series that explores the origins of Pennywise, the fun-loving neighborhood clown. The Plot of IT: Welcome to Derry Long before the rainstorms of the 1980s caused the children of Derry to be ripped to shreds, there stood a sleepy town where people could live out the American dream…. Read more »
The Enfield Poltergeist: A New Apple TV+ Miniseries
The Enfield poltergeist is one of the most famous and controversial cases of alleged paranormal activity in history. It involved a family of six who claimed to be terrorized by a malevolent spirit in their council house in Enfield, London, between 1977 and 1979. The case attracted media attention, public debate, and scientific investigation, as well as the involvement of two renowned paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren whom you may remember from The Conjuring franchise. What Is Apple’s Enfield Poltergeist Documentary About? Now, the story of The Conjuring 2‘s haunted Enfield house is being adapted into a four-part miniseries on… Read more »
Frankenstein Rocks – The Halloween Show For Every”body”
Get ready for Frankenstein Rocks the electrifying musical that brings a hilarious twist to the beloved Halloween classic. Follow the story of the work-obsessed mad Dr. Frankenstein, his lively assistant Egor, and the flirtatious maid Hildegarde as they strive to create a new and improved monster. Meanwhile, the local town legend and war hero, Baron Bratwurst, investigates the mysterious murders that haunt the quiet little town. Will the Doctor succeed this time? Will the killer be caught? Will the Baron put an end to this madness? Frankenstein Rocks Out This Halloween 2023 Frankenstein Rocks is a spine-chilling production brought to… Read more »
‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Volume 1 & 2. Plus, the finale announcement and more.
Every ending has a beginning The season is upon us. Stranger Things season 4 Volume 1 has an official premiere date of May 27th, 2022. What’s this “Volume 1” you ask? Read on for more great Stranger Things updates. Stranger Things Season 4 will be Separated Into Two Volumes The Duffer brothers shared in a letter to all us nerds that Season 4 will be split into two volumes. “Volume One will release on May 27th; Volume Two will release five weeks later on July 1st.” They go on to say, “Season 4 will be the penultimate season; season 5… Read more »
American Horror Story: Double Feature
American Horror Story….known in social media circles simply as AHS to all the fans, is gearing up on production for what will be their tenth and most anticipated season on the cable channel FX. To celebrate, they’re going all out with their casting by enlisting in the acting presences of none other than Paris Jackson and former child star sensation Macauley Culkin. Paris Jackson Joins AHS You read that right horror fans. Series creator and longtime showrunner Ryan Murphy has indeed brought a most newsworthy buzz to the upcoming season. For those unfamiliar and not, Paris Jackson is the only… Read more »
Dexter Is Getting Back To Nature And Showtime
“There really is nothing like getting back to nature. My nature.” These are the first words that everyone’s favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, has uttered in over eight long years, and somehow we simply cannot get enough of hearing them. In case you’ve been living under netherworld rock these past six months and have not heard the good word, the uber-premium cable network Showtime has revived its hottest tv show property ever in Dexter for another season. That’s right, the Miami serial killer known infamously as the “Bay Harbor Butcher”, did not disappear into the Pacific Northwest with chilling finality… Read more »
Jeffrey Dahmer Comes To Netflix: What We Know
Netflix is just about the best in the business when it comes to not only streaming award-winning films and television series but also cultivating its most popular genres across their platform to bring you the very best in desired content. It’s no surprise that true crime horror is one of the hottest properties on Netflix, so what does the streaming monolith have in store for subscribers? How about a true-crime series on the lifetime slayings of notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Here are five things you need to know about Netflix’s Monster: Jeffrey Dahmer Series Gets a Name Monster: The… Read more »
Netflix Checks In To The Cecil Hotel
Missing persons, serial killers, demonic activity, and even mind-bending realities. No those aren’t fixtures in a new horror film, instead, they’re commonplace in one of the most haunted Hollywood spots in all of Los Angeles…..The Cecil Hotel. A place so popular amongst horror and true crime fans, that even stylish fright shows such as American Horror Story and the streaming giant Netflix have dabbled in its legend. Wanna get caught up in some true horror history? Crime Scene: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel Most media pundits and critics today agree that you haven’t made the big time….unless you’re on Netflix. … Read more »
Dexter Is Returning To Showtime In 2021
In 2006 the Showtime Network debuted a new series with an unlikely hero and plot: a Miami police blood spatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer. Dexter became one of the surprise smash hits of cable television, racking up dozens of awards and even endeared an entire generation of viewers to television’s most lovable serial killer……and he’s back! Here are five things you need to know about the Dark Passenger! Dexter is officially back and in the flesh! Series actor Michael C. Hall is officially reprising his role as serial killer Dexter Morgan. There was a time in 2009… Read more »
Netflix Producing Haunted House Docuseries
When it comes to horror and the supernatural, nobody is doing it better these days than the streaming colossus of Netflix. Hit series such as Haunting of Hill House, The Santa Clarita Diet, and The Witcher have proven to be a massive success with critics and horror fans alike. Coming off the high critical reception of 2019’s Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, just what exactly does Netflix have up its horror sleeve next? Netflix’s New Haunted House Docuseries Anticipated for a late 2020/early 2021 debut is their most exciting and chilling docu-series yet, a look deep inside… Read more »
Hopper is Back! Stranger Things Season 4 Trailer
Without a doubt, the wildly popular Netflix series Stranger Things left fans with quite a few cliffhangers for the end of Season Three. Eleven seemed to have been drained of the majority of her powers after fighting off the Mind Flayer. Joyce together with her family and Eleven as well, look to move out of the seemingly cursed town of Hawkins, Indiana for good. Most shocking of all was the literally disintegrating death of beloved Hawkins sheriff and series fan-favorite Hopper, played with droll comic charm by actor David Harbour. While Hopper’s death wasn’t directly played out on screen, the… Read more »
Stephen King’s The Stand 2020 Miniseries – What We Know
Mastermind horror author extraordinaire Stephen King has made it known that he intended to write a magnum opus piece at some point in his career. While he has officially dubbed The Dark Tower series as that piece if you were to ask his fans they would largely refer to The Stand as the real magnum opus. Powerful and hard-hitting, his 823-page novel burst onto bookshelves in October 1978 and horror fans instantly blessed it as a classic. Now, forty-one years later one of the most read horror novels of all time is making a big-time comeback. The Stand Novel Becomes… Read more »