We recently caught up with R. L. Stine on the 20th anniversary of his iconic Goosebumps series to talk about two decades in scaring young readers. While he’s mostly known for writing children’s horror, it turns out Stine has diverse taste in literature. Read on for his top summer book picks, and also the most overlooked Goosebumps book that he hopes readers will check out. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What are you reading this summer? Read More...
There are two types of Christmas movies. There’s the ever-popular lesson-learning movie, earnestly wrapped in the holiday spirit, the best of which becomes traditional holiday viewing every year. And then there’s the more irreverent “You Want A Christmas Movie? Here’s Ya Christmas Movie!” Christmas movie that thumbs its nose at the genre. Guess which type A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas is? Hint: This is a film where Santa gets shot in the face. Read More...
Few recent filmmakers have more enthusiastically, or more bloodily, embraced the mantle of horror director than Adam Green whose Hatchet franchise details the gore-drenched ways of swamp-dwelling maniac Victor Crowley. Indeed, 2010’s unrated Hatchet II made headlines when the AMC cinema chain pulled the movie from screens after just a couple of days. Has that brouhaha prompted the filmmaker to tone down the mayhem featured in his slasher saga? Apparently not, judging by the new, extremely violent, and detached body part-featuring trailer for the also unrated Hatchet III, which was penned by Green and directed by BJ McDonnell. Read More...
