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Everything Actioncast: Saw (2004)

November 1, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris want to play a game and discuss 2004’s Saw, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Kicking off a massive franchise, Saw started simple with Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) and Adam (Leigh Whannell) finding themselves chained to the pipes of a dingy bathroom and realizing they […]

Everything Action Theater: The Grudge (2004)

October 31, 2024

Celebrating its 20th anniversary recently, you can watch 2004’s The Grudge in the latest Everything Action Theater. During a wave of American remakes of Japanese horror movies, like The Ring, Pulse, Dark Water, and One Missed Call, The Grudge was a remake of 2002’s Ju-On: The Grudge, directed by Takashi Shimizu.  In a rare case, […]

Review: Smile 2

October 22, 2024

The recently released Smile 2 does exactly what a good sequel should: it takes what worked in the first movie and ramps it up to new levels. Naomi Scott takes over the lead role as Skye Riley,  a troubled pop superstar on the verge of starting a big comeback tour.  While trying to get some […]

Everything Actioncast: New Nightmare (1994)

October 19, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris get meta to talk about Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, which celebrated its 30th anniversary. Existing in the “real world,” Heather Langenkamp plays herself, an actress in Los Angeles who has terrible nightmares about a darker and more sinister version of Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund).  Wes Craven […]

Everything Action Theater: The Omen (1976)

October 17, 2024

While it received mixed reviews upon its release, 1976’s The Omen has become a horror classic, and you can watch it in the latest Everything Action Theater.  Directed by the great Richard Donner, The Omen stars Gregory Peck as US diplomat Robert Thorn.  When his wife Katherine (Lee Remick) gives birth to a son, Thorn […]

The Monkey Terrorizes Theaters in February (Trailer)

October 15, 2024

Hot off this summer’s horror hit Longlegs, Osgood Perkins is back in February next year with the backing of Stephen King and James Wan for The Monkey.  Based on the short story from 1980 written by King,  Theo James stars in a dual role as twins Hal and Bill.  Discovering a sinister-looking toy monkey in […]

Everything Actioncast: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

October 11, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris try not to lose their heads while discussing the 1999 Tim Burton movie Sleepy Hollow.  Loosely based on the classic Washington Irving short story, Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, a police constable from New York City in 1799 who is dispatched to the small town of […]

Everything Action Theater: Fallen (1998)

October 10, 2024

Denzel Washington hasn’t really dabbled in the horror genre too much, but he did in 1998 for the cult favorite Fallen.  Washington plays Detective John Hobbes, who helps capture serial killer Edgar Reese.  After Reese is executed, copycat killings begin to occur. As the evidence grows, Hobbes has to accept the reality that a demon […]

Horror Villain of the Week: Kurt Barlow

October 9, 2024

Name: Kurt Barlow Portrayed by: Reggie Nalder (Rutger Hauer in 2004, Alexander Ward in 2024) Origins: Barlow is an ancient vampire who travels from Europe to America to the town of Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine.  With his human familiar, Richard Straker, he buys the infamous Marsten House and sets up an antique store as a […]

Everything Actioncast: The Blob (1988)

October 4, 2024

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris kick off the spooky season with 1988’s The Blob, which has a new limited edition 4K steelbook release. A remake of the 1958 Steve McQueen starring classic, the 1988 The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell and stars Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.  When a satellite […]