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He Was 'Night' In Front Of Your Eyes: Did You Spot M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split' Cameo?
When you have finished picking your jaw up off the floor following that shock ending from Split, let's look back at what great Easter Eggs you might have missed. Critics certainly aren't "split" on their opinion of the film, calling it Shyamalan's greatest work in years and a return to form for the 46-year-old director, but did you spot the man himself in there too? What elevates #Split from your standard abduction #horror is its shocking, and frankly amazing, ending, including that cameo from Bruce Willis. Willis returns to his role as David Dunn from 2000's #Unbreakable, setting up not only a sequel, but a whole Shyamanlaniverse of films. I wish I could say that #MNightShyamalan's cameo does the same, but it isn't quite as memorable.
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
Rollerskating And Romance: Does Love Mean Death For Carl And Enid On 'The Walking Dead'?
Ah young love — it's almost enough to make you vomit. If the end of the world weren't tough enough, #AMC went and turned #TheWalkingDead into its own version of Dawson's Creek with Episode 5's "Go Getters," a mushy teen romance for the ages. Listen up Scott Gimple, the only mush we want on this show is the mushing of people's brain matter. As the rest of the groups tear apart, it looks like Chandler Riggs's Carl and Katelyn Nacon's Enid are getting closer than ever.
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
Bro Way, Bro How: 'The Walking Dead' Shuts Down Daryl And Jesus Romance
Some people just can't catch a break in the zombie apocalypse, can they? Inbetween showrunner Scott M. Gimple splitting up couples with a wire-wrapped baseball bat, another budding partnership has also become a casualty of Season 7. During the the Walker Stalker Cruise in the Bahamas, one audience member yelled out their support for a relationship between Norman Reedus's Daryl Dixon and Tom Payne's Jesus. In attendance at the panel were Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and SFX guru Greg Nicotero, with Nicotero quick to shoot down the Daryl and Jesus romance by saying:
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
The Thing: Make Horror Great Again
In the current wave of modern horror movies, many audience members have been accustomed to the infamous “jump scare.” The music increases in tempo, the surrounding noises are drowned out, and before the audience has time to prepare itself for the incoming scare, the villain jumps out at the main character (and the viewer) making the audience’s heart skip a beat. Although there are some films that are able to correctly utilize a jump scare (think of the twins from The Shining) modern horror movies have fallen guilty to creating predictable jump scares that don’t necessarily “scare” us, just end up startling us. Regan from The Exorcist terrified audiences not because her screen time was accompanied by thunderous music and quick cuts, but because audiences were generally terrified by the practical effects, suspenseful atmosphere and haunting tone that had already been established throughout the movie.
By Joseph Pozo8 years ago in Horror
Floating The Idea: Stephen King Explains How He Created Pennywise In 'It'
Horror hound #StephenKing certainly wasn't "clowning around" when he wrote It, his nightmare-inducing novel about clowns, in 1986. The book had something of resurgence thanks to ABC's miniseries in 1990, which famously starred Tim Curry as #Pennywise the dancing clown.
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
Turning Over A New Heath: Where Has Heath Gone In 'The Walking Dead'?
Put down your packet of freeze-dried apocalypse food and pay attention, Episode 6 of The Walking Dead's seventh season wasn't actually that bad! Connecting the dots in a complicated web of characters like in a Ryan Murphy show, "Swear" saw the return of Heath and Tara — yeah, we forgot they existed too.
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
Horror Walks Among Us: Photographer Puts Horror Icons In Everyday Situations
How well do you really know your neighbors? No, this isn't To Catch a Predator, but what if there was a time that Michael Myers lived next door to you in Haddonfield? What if Jason cut your hedges, or Leatherface was your local butcher? In 2016 we are too busy staring at our phones to see what is right in front of our faces, so it is highly likely we might notice Freddy Krueger down at our local branch of Starbucks.
By Tom Chapman8 years ago in Horror
