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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 16h

Respectfully, Wes Craven didn't direct a single episode of this series, nor was he really directly involved at all.

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 20h

A young Bela Lugosi biopic is in early development from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way for Universal.

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writers behind Tim Burton’s Ed Wood and Rudy Ray Moore biographical comedy Dolemite is My Name, pen the script.

Young Bela Lugosi Biopic Penned by ‘Ed Wood’ Scribes in Development for Universal

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions is developing a Universal Pictures biopic of Dracula originator Bela Lugosi, per Deadline. The script hails from Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the w...

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 19h

Yes you do!! 🖤

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 23h

👀 Sam Raimi's The Gift, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, The Stepfather, and Black Sunday - releases featuring my audio commentary- are all on sale right now 👇

Scream Factory @screamfactory.bsky.social · 23h

Our SHOCKTOBER sale ends tomorrow night! Head to our site for up to 87% off the MSRP on your favorite horror titles, while supplies last. shoutfactory.com/collections/...

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 1d

I guess Phil's ok. 😜

Congrats!! Truly deserved.

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 1d

Ya know, having taken my time and finally made it through my first playthrough of Silent Hill f, I'd say it reminds me a lot of Alan Wake II.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2d

"By the time she died at the age of 79, she had as strong a star persona as her original screen fashion idol Katharine Hepburn — the kind that made inattentive viewers assume she was just playing herself." Wherein I write about the incomparable Diane Keaton. www.vulture.com/article/the-...

The Unfading Beauty of Diane Keaton

For over five decades, cinema bent itself around her profoundly original image. It had no choice.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Vanessa McKee @vanessamckee.bsky.social · 4d

Nosferatu

Watercolor painting of Lily Rose Depp in front of a purple sky with Count Orloks eyes looking down on her.

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 5d

I love that!!

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 5d

Oh fun!!

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know that Fangoria released a horror movie in the 90s in which a vampire is let loose from an underwater crypt, creating a wave of vamps who sleep submerged in water with their lungs floating outside their body? It's called CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, starring Karen Black (on Tubi).

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 6d

Look. I think you should head to @bloody-disgusting.com to read @thewolfman.bsky.social's report on his stay at the POLTERGEIST. At the very least, I implore you to watch this his tour video. It's so fun! 👇

Surviving a Stay at the Iconic Poltergeist House with Airbnb

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 6d

Filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner borrowed a page from Jaws and went fully practical with the menacing shark in WWII thriller BEAST OF WAR.

Formation Effects' work was so effective that the cast and crew were scared to get into the water:

‘Beast of War’ Shark Practical Effects Made Cast and Crew Scared to Get in the Water [Interview]

World War II shark thriller Beast of War draws inspiration from the historical account that Quint tells in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. That it releases in the same year that Spielberg’s seminal shark cla...

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 7d

Production begins this week in Syracuse, NY, on THE WRETCHED DEVOURS, the sequel to 2020’s sleeper hit The Wretched from filmmakers Brett and Drew Pierce.

We can exclusively reveal that the sequel has found its lead stars:

‘The Wretched Devours’ – Katie Parker and Sam Huntington to Topline Body Horror-Heavy Sequel [Exclusive]

Production begins this week in Syracuse, NY, on The Wretched Devours, the sequel to 2020’s sleeper hit The Wretched from filmmakers Brett and Drew Pierce, and it has found its lead stars. Bloody Disgu...

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 7d

Do it! (And listen to my audio commentary) 👇

Scream Factory @screamfactory.bsky.social · 7d

Experience Mario Bava’s masterful directorial debut BLACK SUNDAY on 4K, out now. Condemned for witchcraft and vampirism, the evil Princess Asa resurrects from the grave and sets her sights on her ultimate victim: Princess Katia, her own doppelganger descendant. shoutfactory.com/products/bla...

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Rob Saucedo @robsaucedo.bsky.social · 8d

The River Oaks Theatre's schedule this week is packed with great stuff to watch including Bill Condon's THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, DON'T LOOK NOW, and THE FALL. See you at the movies!

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 8d

You are spot on. They were! The director did confirm that he was holding treats or tennis balls off camera in scary scenes.

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 8d

Yessss, this makes me so happy!

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Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social · 9d

Last summer, I visited the set of PREDATOR: BADLANDS and learned so much about the myriad of creatures, weapons, and unconventional characters featured in the film.

"My pitch was that it was like Chewbacca and C-3PO, the movie."

The Creatures, Weapons, and Unconventional Yautja Hero of ‘Predator: Badlands’ [Set Visit]

Prepare to get far more acquainted with the Yautja than ever before, including a look at their planet and culture, in Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Much has already been publici...

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Vanessa McKee @vanessamckee.bsky.social · 11d

Check out this music video I animated for the band CHILE! youtu.be/MhxwZ5osH5s

C H I L É - Aranea

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 12d

Out today on Shudder is V/H/S/HALLOWEEN. One of its segments was inspired by SFX legend Rick Baker, who also appears in the anthology, and pitched as an R-rated Goosebumps episode:

How Rick Baker Inspired the ‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Segment Pitched as an R-Rated ‘Goosebumps’ Episode

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 14d

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

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Peter Hall @peterhallhuman.bsky.social · 15d

Oh hey filmmakers, the deadline for 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival submissions is tomorrow, Oct 1st!

We watch it all, and our favorite thing to do is discover stuff, so send us your work!

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SXSW Film & TV Festival Submissions | SXSW Conference & Festivals

Submit your film to the SXSW Film & TV Festival. Premiere your film in front of press, film industry, and film lovers. Submissions are now closed for 2025.

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