HORROR HEADLINES (23rd-30th March)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1. SIX MORE X-FILES ON THE WAY

It's confirmed! Six more episodes of The X-Files are coming to Fox, with both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning in the iconic roles of Mulder and Scully. Original show runner Chris Carter will oversee the production. First Twin Peaks, now this? AMAZING!

Read The Hollywood Reporter's story here.

2. SCHWARZENEGGER'S MAGGIE GETS A TRAILER

The Austrian Oak's long-awaited zombie movie finally gets a trailer... and the Big Man is not so wooden in this. Pathos, zombies and Arnie's beard. This has it all!

3. WALKING DEAD SPIN-OFF TITLE REVEALED

The Walking Dead's LA-based spin-off will officially be called… (drumroll please) Fear The Walking Dead! A bit longwinded perhaps, but pretty cool.

Oh, and there's a trailer!

4. FRIDAY THE 13th LANDS HANNIBAL WRITER

Nick Antosca, writer for NBC's wonderful Hannibal, has signed up to write the new Friday the 13th movie for Platinum Dunes/Paramount Pictures.

Read more about this story over at Bloody Disgusting.

5. AMC's PREACHER FINDS ITS CASSIDY

Joseph Gilgun of Misfits and This Is England fame has been cast as Cassidy in AMC's Preacher. He's a wonderful actor and is PERFECT for the role, so I'm very excited by this news!

Read Deadline's story here.

6. NEW RELEASES

This week's big release is definitely the eagerly-anticipated Fear Clinic, with genre fave Robert Englund. You can buy it on Amazon right here.

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Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.

HORROR HEADLINES (16th-23rd March)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1. NEW POSTER AND TRAILER FOR INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3

The latest film in the Insidious franchise, a prequel to the previous two, has released a startling new trailer and poster. I liked the first two (especially Lin Shaye who is set for a larger role in this outing) so I'm intrigued to see what they do with this.

2. DOMINIC COOPER AND RUTH NEGGA FOR AMC'S PREACHER

I love Garth Ennis' Preacher comics. It is quite possibly my favourite comicbook series of all-time. So I think it goes without saying that I have a hefty vested interest in how Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin's upcoming pilot for the series. Now it seems as if the central roles of Jesse and Tulip may be close to being cast. The Tracking Board claims Marvel's Howard Stark, Dominic Cooper is close to signing on while Agents of SHIELD's Ruth Negga has been confirmed as joining the production. The Rake's Ian Colletti has also signed up for the role of fan-favourite Arseface.

3. LANGE CONFIRMS AMERICAN HORROR STORY EXIT

Sad news for fans of Fox's AHS — series stalwart Jessica Lange will not be back in the next season. Speaking at the recent Paleyfest, Lange said: 'I'm done.'

This is a real blow to the series, so I'll be interested to see what Ryan Murphy does to plug the gap left by her departure. Maybe larger roles for fellow acting heavyweights Kathy Bates and Angela Basset?
Watch the Paleyfest panel over at Dreadcentral here.

4. LEGENDARY ANNOUNCES KRAMPUS AND TRICK 'R TREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS

Legendary Comics (the subsidiary of Legendary Pictures) has announced that Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat and his upcoming Krampus will both get the funny book treatment! 

Dougherty says: "I've been having way too much fun working with Legendary and the rest of my team bringing the ancient legend of Krampus to the big screen, and I look forward to expanding the film's dark Christmas mythology onto the comic page. And hopefully the fans who've been patiently waiting for TRICK 'R TREAT 2 will enjoy this deeper peek into Sam's world until he finally rises from the pumpkin patch once more. Happy Holidays."
Read more here.

5. HELP MAKE RAW MEAT AND THE CAMPGROUND

More genre crowd-funding, folks. First up we have Raw Meat, the story of a deranged skinless killer from the minds of House fave Bill Oberst Jr. and Tonjia Atomic. Should funding be successful, Oberst himself will star in the flick! You can contribute here.

From the team behind the successful recent slasher thriller The Woods Within (which you will see reviewed here VERY soon) The Campground is a requel (read a combined remake and sequel). Based on/following on from Roman Jossart's and Brandon Prewitt's award winning student film, these very talented and very cool people could use your help.

Contribute here.

6. NEW RELEASES

We've two big home releases this week in the UK. First up, the highly anticipated Atticus Institute. A mockumentary about a creepy 70s parapsychology experiment, this film has been getting some great reviews, so check it out. You can buy it Amazon here. 
Also horror anthology fans can pick up a copy of ABCs of Death 2. With the list of segment directors reading like a Who's Who of modern horror, this looks like one to watch!
Buy it Amazon here.

If you haven’t already, do please check out and like the Hickey’s House of Horrors Facebook page, which you can find here. It gives you a nice quick link to any new posts on this blog, plus regular news updates from around the web. I check the Internet so you don’t have to! Alternatively, follow me on twitter: The House@HickeysHorrors

Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.

THE WEEK’S HORROR HEADLINES (1st-8th December)

Not got time to trawl the web for all the top horror news of the last week? Well allow me to give you a bite-size breakdown of the all biggest nightmarish news!

1: WALKING DEAD SPIN-OFF 'COBALT' CASTING NEWS

The companion series to the smash hit Walking Dead has revealed some of its cast. Frank Dillane and Alycia Dibnam Carey will both have prominent roles, and it has been announced that Cliff Curris will portray the male lead. 
Can this cast give Rick, Daryl, Michonne and Carol a run for their money? The jury’s out, so let’s see...

2: TERMINATOR GENISYS TRAILER IS HERE

Terminator sequel/prequel/reboot(?) trailer hits the web.

There’s a T1000, multiple Arnies of varying ages, an ‘I’ll be back’ and even some ‘Come with me if you want to live’. That’s got to be worth a peak, right?

3: TRUE DETECTIVE HELMER TO START SHOOTING STEPHEN KING’S IT NEXT YEAR

The supremely talented Cary Fukunaga, who has been very much in demand since his sterling work on HBO’s True Detective, will commence his directorial duties on the first part of It next summer. Warner Bros plans to tell Stephen King’s horror masterpiece over two films. Fukunaga is only signed on for the first (and IMHO scarier) part.

Read Vulture's story here.

4: PREACHER HEADING TOWARDS PILOT

AMC (them again) has revealed that it plans to take Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg’s adaptation of Garth Ennis’ Preacher comic to pilot. Should the pilot then receive the green light, it would shoot to air in 2016. 

Preacher is one of the most fantastically compelling, controversial and politically incorrect things I have ever read, so I await this adaptation with both huge levels of excitement and trepidation. Fingers crossed.
Read Bloody Disgusting’s exclusive story here.

5: FLAT HEADING FOR HORROR-ON-SEA... AND HICKEY’S HOUSE OF HORRORS!

Geoff Cockwill's highly-anticipated short film Flat is heading to Southend’s Horror-On-Sea Festival in January... And I will have an early review for you all later this week! 
Starring talented up-and-comer Libby Gore, the short follows a young woman whose car gets a flat tire late one night and the terrifying journey through a dark wood that follows. 

Word of mouth about the short is very good (I’ve seen it and whole-heartedly concur), so if you can get along to Horror-On-Sea to watch this and a number of further genre gems, tickets can be purchased here.

6: NEW THIS WEEK

Both Pyramid and Tusk were released into UK cinemas this last weekend, so if you fancy some big screen scares, be sure to check them out (and let me know your thoughts!)

Alternatively, if the thought of venturing out into the cold winter nights doesn't appeal, you can always stay at home with the blu-ray release of Six Classic Vincent Price films? 
The Vincent Price in Six Gothic Tales boxset is available from Amazon.

If you haven’t already, do please check out and like the Hickey’s House of Horrors Facebook page, which you can find here. It gives you a nice quick link to any new posts on this blog, plus regular news updates from around the web. I check the Internet so you don’t have to! Alternatively, follow me on twitter: The House@HickeysHorrors

Until next time, I hope you enjoyed your stay.