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Back in 1960, Toho – the studio behind the Godzilla franchise – brought the world a sci-fi thriller called The Human Vapor, which was directed by Ishirō Honda and boasted special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, both of whom are best remembered for their work on Godzilla. More than sixty years later, the concept is getting a series reboot, as Toho has teamed with Wow Point and the Netflix stream service for Human Vapor. All eight episodes of the show will be available to watch as of July 2nd, and a trailer can be seen in the embed above.

What is Human Vapor about?

Directed by Shinzo Katayama from scripts written by Yeon Sang-ho and Ryu Yong-jae, the series has the following synopsis:

Kenji Okamoto, a detective on suspension, is recruited to hunt down the criminal behind a series of unprecedented murders. It all starts when a college professor suddenly swells and explodes on live television. Before anyone can process this bizarre event, a man calling himself the Human Vapor (UTA) announces that he will perform a series of murders, sending society into a great panic. Kenji and reporter Kyoko devote themselves to uncovering the truth and catching the culprit, who seems to be mocking the authorities as they struggle to close in on him. With each new killing, he corrodes society with a formless, pervasive fear.

Netflix adds that “VFX by the Academy Award-winning team Shirogumi that amazed the world with its work on Godzilla Minus One is combined with an extraordinary sense of scale, represented by grand car chases.” The show is expected to provide “a visual experience of a new dimension that far surpasses past Japanese drama series.“

Shun Oguri takes on the role of Kenji Okamoto, with Uta as the human vapor and Yu Aoi as Kyoko. Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, and Yutaka Takenouchi are also in the cast.

Yeon Sang-ho, the director of Train to Busan, serves as showrunner and executive produced Human Vapor alongside Minami Ichikawa, Keiji Ota, Hisashi Usui, Yoshihiro Sato, Nen Hyo, and Ryoji Kure. Sokichi Onoda and Yoomin Hailey Yang are the producers.

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The Knifepoint Horror podcast has developed a cult following in the years since its 2010 launch, reaching over 10 million downloads across all platforms – and now we’re getting movies based on episodes of the podcast. First up is Lockbox (originally announced under the title Winthrop), which will be reaching select theatres on July 3rd. With that date right around the corner, a trailer for the film has dropped online and can be viewed in the embed above.

What is Lockbox about?

Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) directed the film from a script by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe that’s based on an episode of the Knifepoint Horror anthology horror podcast. Specifically, the film is based on the episode The Lockbox by writer, creator, and narrator Soren Narnia. Here’s the synopsis:

Seeking peace after her mother’s death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.

Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game) stars alongside Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead). Donald Sales (A Million Little Things), Jason William Day (Longlegs), Jason McKinnon (Firefly Lane), Roman Kinsella (School Spirits), Aedan Edwards (Die My Love), Darcey Johnson (Schmigadoon!), Lee Tichon (Tooth Fairy), Jecca Beauchamp (Holiday Road), and Kenny Wood-Schatz (Nancy Drew) round out the cast.

The film is being produced by Kearie Peak of Peak Pictures, along with Capstone Studios. AURA Entertainment is handling the U.S. theatrical release.

Are you a fan of the Knifepoint Horror podcast and/or are you interested in Lockbox? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

The next Knifepoint Horror podcast-inspired film is already in production. Titled Fiona, it’s a witch horror story starring Maggie Grace (Fear the Walking Dead) and directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Prodigy). AURA Entertainment will be handling the U.S. theatrical release of that one as well, and both of these productions are expected to end up streaming on MGM+.

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Headed up by Jason Reitman and Dan Aykroyd, the production company Ghost Corps exists solely to create a Ghostbusters cinematic universe and continue expanding the Ghostbusters brand into films, television series, and merchandise. They have brought us the movies Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and now they’re working with the Netflix streaming service to develop both an animated film and an animated series. Now, just in time for Ghostbusters Day (which celebrates the June 8 release of the original 1984 film), it has been announced that Netflix, Ghost Corps, and Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming animated Ghostbusters series is called Ghostbusters: Night Shift! The show is expected to premiere in 2027, and you can check out the logo at the bottom of this article.

What do we know about Ghostbusters: Night Shift?

Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan serve as showrunners on the series, which is being executive produced by Dan Aykroyd, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan, and Amie Karp. Hibon and Kalan are also executive producers.

Plot details are still under wraps, but past sources have said that “the 3D animated series will be tonally in line with the recent Ghostbusters films.” It’s also not clear which characters this show will be focusing on.

Whatever the show is about, its subject matter has inspired the logo designer to give the classic “No Ghosts” logo a bit of a monstrous makeover.

What is the history of Ghostbusters franchise?

The Ghostbusters franchise began with the 1984 supernatural comedy Ghostbusters, directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson. The film became a global hit and launched one of Hollywood’s most enduring multimedia franchises.

Beyond its feature films, Ghostbusters expanded into television with the animated series The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991), which continued the adventures of the original team and became a major success. The franchise later returned to animation with Extreme Ghostbusters (1997), a sequel series that introduced a new generation of paranormal investigators mentored by Egon Spengler. Both shows helped keep the brand alive between film installments and introduced the Ghostbusters to new audiences.

The series returned to theaters with Ghostbusters II in 1989, followed by the 2016 reboot Ghostbusters. The original continuity was revived with Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), which brought together legacy characters and a new generation of heroes. Across more than forty years, Ghostbusters has remained one of popular culture’s most recognizable supernatural comedy franchises, spanning films, television, comic books, video games, and merchandise.

Ghostbusters: Night Shift will be the first animated series extension of the franchise in thirty years. Are you looking forward to this Netflix show? Take a look at the logo, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Peter Heller’s novel The Dog Stars is coming to the big screen, courtesy of workaholic director Ridley Scott. It’s a post-apocalyptic tale, but it is said to be one that audiences haven’t quite experienced before. The film doesn’t just deal with how people try to survive in their current state of no hope, but also with “why bother?” We’ll see how that works out for them when the film reaches theatres on August 28th – and with that date still a couple of months away, a trailer for The Dog Stars has dropped online. You can watch it in the embed above.

Who stars in The Dog Stars?

The cast includes rumored James Bond contender Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) alongside Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Guy Pearce (Memento), and Benedict Wong (Weapons).

Shortly after wrapping the film, Ridley Scott said it might be his best movie. “The one I just finished, The Dog Stars, [shot for just 34 days]. It’s the speed of a TV show, but maybe my best movie. Every movie is a discovery of who you are, and making choices about actors. Before I speak to anybody, I look at everything they’ve done. I cast Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, and Josh Brolin. Frequently, the biggest thing I’m good at is casting. If they’re available, normally I get them.“

What is The Dog Stars about?

Elordi stars as Hig, a pilot living in near-isolation in an airplane hangar with only his dog and a hardened gunman for company in the aftermath of a pandemic. But when a mysterious radio transmission comes through, he risks everything during a journey into the unknown.

The official plot description for this “riveting, epic thriller” reads:

Set in a near future after an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society, the story follows Hig (Elordi), a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a tough ex-marine (Brolin). The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders. When a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside the pilot that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail.

Are you looking forward to The Dog Stars? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Netflix’s live-action Scooby-Doo prequel series Scooby-Doo: Origins stars Tanner Hagen (The Pitt) as Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret) as Velma Dinkley, Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) as Daphne Blake, and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space) will as Fred Jones. An image of this group dropped online a month ago, with a notable absence: there was no Scooby-Doo in the first image from this Scooby-Doo project! Well, if you’ve been waiting to get a look at Scoob, today is your lucky today. An image of the pup has been unveiled and can be seen at the bottom of this article, and in the embed above you can watch the first teaser trailer for this series!

What is Scooby-Doo: Origins about?

The logline reads, A modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog. During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder. Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.

Paul Walter Hauser (Cobra Kai) is also in the cast.

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (via Midnight Radio) (High Fidelity, Everything Sucks!) are on board as the showrunners, executive producers and writers of the series. The other executive producers on the project include Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman (via Berlanti Productions and its overall deal with Warner Bros. Television), André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Adrienne Erickson (via Midnight Radio), and Toby Haynes (EP/Episode 101 Director).

Netflix is working in association with Warner Bros. Studios on this series.

Are you looking forward to Scooby-Doo: Origins? Take a look at the teaser trailer and the image of Scooby, then let us know by leaving a comment below. Scooby has been a favorite of mine since childhood, so I will definitely be giving this show a chance.

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Bottoms up! The latest clip for Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn could make your throat feel sore as one of the deadites in the film tips back a glass of hot wax. It’s not so much the visuals that get me, but the sound. I’m not opposed to a little wax play, but pouring a bubbling cup of the molten liquid down your gullet is a step too far. Still, Evil Dead Burn looks more insane with every new bit of footage the studio puts forth, and some say it’s the most violent installment of the franchise yet.

What happens in the new Evil Dead Burn clip?

In the new Evil Dead Burn clip, a deadite that’s infiltrated a family’s home terrorizes them by proposing the most f**ked up toast, and follows her speech by tipping a glass of hot wax down her decaying throat. After this grotesque display, the deadite lunges in attack before being shoved down a flight of stairs and into a basement for safekeeping. Then, just as the family thinks they might have a shot at escape, they find another deadite on their front lawn, his face all too familiar, and choosing to keep their distance is more difficult than you would assume.

What do we know about Evil Dead Burn?

New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures are co-financing the film, which Vaniček is directing from a screenplay he wrote with Florent Bernard. Sony will distribute internationally, with Canal Plus distributing in the UK and Metropolitan distributing in France.

Details on the story Vaniček will be telling in Evil Dead Burn have been kept under wraps up to this point, but he has said that he has complete creative control on his Evil Dead movie, and intended to give it a French twist. Now, we have a synopsis: Evil Dead Burn unleashes the franchise’s most savage and terrifying ride to date, blazing onto big screens with an all-new chapter of carnage and demonic mayhem. After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life… live on even in death.

Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn isn’t the only Evil Dead movie on the way. Two months after he was hired to make his movie, the rights holders also hired Francis Galluppi, who just made his feature directorial debut with the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County, to write and direct his own Evil Dead flick, which is called Evil Dead Wrath. An animated series follow-up to Ash vs. Evil Dead is also in the works.

Who’s in the Evil Dead Burn cast?

Dune: Part Two’s Souheila Yacoub, a Swiss former rhythmic gymnast who won the Miss Suisse Romande beauty pageant before getting her acting career started, landed the lead role and has been joined in the cast by Hunter Doohan (Your Honor), Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent), and Tandi Wright (Pearl).

Evil Dead Burn arrives in theaters on July 10, 2026.

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Michael

“Turning a movie into a musical reeks of desperation.”

That line, delivered deadpan by video store owner Max midway through The Lost Boys Broadway musical, gets one of the biggest laughs of the night. It’s exactly the kind of cheeky, self-aware wink a production needs when it’s tackling a foundational 80s property. And honestly, I was extremely skeptical when this adaptation was first announced. Yet here I am, talking about one of the hottest tickets on Broadway, and a show leading the Tony nominations with 12 nods, including Best Musical.

Like many others, I love the original 1987 film.  When I was four years old, my dad had two movies on heavy rental rotation for me: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and The Lost Boys. Those were my movies. And they weren’t just childhood favorites that I eventually grew out of. They’re still way up there for me.

So, no, you don’t mess with Joel Schumacher’s vampire masterpiece lightly.

But what shocked me about this production is that it doesn’t feel like some desperate Broadway cash grab or a sanitized copy of the movie with a few songs thrown in. It feels like a real companion piece. It’s loud, bloody, funny, and much darker and heartfelt than I expected. It understands why people love the original, but it’s also smart enough to know that simply recreating the movie beat for beat would be pointless. If I want the damn movie, I’ll watch the movie.

An adaptation has to justify itself. And writers David Hornsby and Chris Hoch take a pretty big swing right away by changing the Emerson family dynamic.

First off: they killed Grandpa.

In Schumacher’s film, Grandpa is the eccentric, taxidermy-loving comic relief with the final line in. Here, he’s already gone. Lucy, Michael, and Sam aren’t just moving to Santa Carla for a quirky fresh start. They’re moving into a dead relative’s house because they are completely out of options. Before a single vampire even shows up, the family is already carrying grief, isolation, and the feeling that life has backed them into a corner.

But the biggest narrative shift comes from the father they left behind. The movie mostly glosses over the dad, but the musical tackles him head-on in the opening number, “No More Monsters.” He was an abusive drunk.  In the 1987 film, Michael is essentially tricked into drinking David’s blood from an ornate bottle. In the musical, driven by the trauma of his father and a desperate need for brotherhood, he actively signs up for it. His fear of becoming a bloodsucker suddenly doubles as something far more personal: the fear of becoming a violent monster like his old man. It’s a smart way to give the story real weight without betraying what made the original so fun. These changes give the characters room to breathe and struggle, pushing the show beyond campy tribute and into something with actual teeth.

Of course, you can have all the emotional depth in the world, but if you don’t nail the visual spectacle of The Lost Boys, you’ve failed. How the hell do you adapt dirt bike cliff runs and vampires dropping off train trestles to a live theater environment?

The answer is Dane Laffrey’s towering, three-story beast of a set.

It’s a killer piece of production design, complete with functioning elevators and industrial scaffolding. The verticality of the stage forces you to constantly look up, which is exactly where the threat is coming from. To pull off the iconic motorcycle race on the beach, they drop a massive lighting rig from the rafters, using aggressive lighting cues and dense fog to simulate the speed, danger, and blinding disorientation of the cinematic sequence.

But the undisputed showstopper is the train bridge drop.

When Michael goes through his initiation, LJ Benet sings “Belong to Someone” while free-falling into this foggy void. It’s one of those moments where the audience locks in. You’re not watching a trick. You’re watching a performer go all in, live, with no safety net feeling to it. That kind of physical commitment goes a long way, especially for horror fans who might not think Broadway can deliver that kind of intensity.

None of this emotional weight or high-flying spectacle works without the right cast to carry it, and the ensemble here is absolutely stacked. Ali Louis Bourzgui steps into Kiefer Sutherland’s iconic boots as David, bringing a dangerous, unpredictable rock-god presence that anchors the coven. Opposite him, LJ Benet brings a raw, vocal angst to Michael, while Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean gives the family’s trauma real gravity as their mother, Lucy. But the absolute scene-stealers are Benjamin Pajak as a quick-witted Sam, and the genius casting twist for the self-appointed vampire hunters, the Frog Brothers. By casting a young woman, Jennifer Duka, as Alan Frog alongside Miguel Gil’s Edgar (while the character hilariously still demands to be treated as one of the “brothers”), the dynamic gets a fresh, clever update. It keeps their hyper-intense, deadpan comic relief entirely intact, making them an absolute riot every time they step on stage.

Even with the heavier material and the big stage mechanics, the show never forgets what movie it’s adapting. The fan service is there, but it doesn’t feel like a checklist.

For example, you can’t do The Lost Boys without the oiled-up sax man. The production knows it, and instead of running from one of the most ridiculous images in 80s cinema, it leans into it. That’s the right call. This story only works if it’s willing to be cool, weird, sexy, and a little ridiculous all at once.

The show also has fun expanding smaller details. Sam’s Rob Lowe poster isn’t just a background gag anymore. It turns into a full number, “Superpower,” leaning into the homoerotic edge that was always there. It’s funny, but it also feels honest to the tone.

And yes, they drop “Death by stereo.”

The biggest gamble here is the music. If you’re expecting a jukebox version of the original soundtrack, that’s not what this is. Aside from the presence of the sax man, the music is entirely new.  Instead of doing a straight cover of “Cry Little Sister,” the show weaves pieces of it into the original songs like an Easter egg. You can hear it during some of Michael’s darker moments. It’s subtle, but it’s there, and it keeps that connection to the original without leaning on it too hard

That sounds risky, but the original score by The Rescues works.

The smartest move is turning David and his crew into a literal rock band. That shift changes everything. The music isn’t just there because it’s a musical. It becomes part of their identity and their pull. At times, the show feels less like Broadway and more like a live rock set, with stage dives and energy coming straight off the stage.

It’s not trying to replace the movie and comparing the two like they’re competing misses the point. The movie is the movie. It’s perfect in its own 80s-as-hell way.

The musical works because it has its own point of view. It takes real swings, and even when it gets big and loud, it still feels like it comes from people who understand what made The Lost Boys stick in the first place.

It keeps the blood, the camp, the sexiness, and the fun, while digging a little deeper into the characters than the movie had time to.

If you’re going for the stunts, the humor, or just to see if this concept even works, it does. It’s loud, it’s emotional in the right places, and it proves that almost forty years later, it’s still pretty damn fun to be a vampire.

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