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Blum, Carpenter Talk Bringing ‘Halloween’ Back to Life

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 18, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Horrormeister Jason Blum considers himself among the legion of fans of John Carpenter’s original “Halloween,” and perhaps an even bigger admirer of the venerable filmmaker himself. So, when the idea of making another “Halloween” movie began to take sh [...]

Photos: Jason Blum and John Murdy Cook Up A-Mazing Scares at Universal this Halloween

Film Features Photos Photo Gallery By Angela Dawson|September 13, 2018 |0

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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Blum and John Murdy Cook Up A-Mazing Scares at Universal this Halloween

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 13, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— Horror movie producer Jason Blum met John Murdy, the creative director and executive producer of Universal Studios Hollywood’s popular Halloween Horror Nights, eight years ago, while he was visiting the theme park with his friend Rob Zombie. Blum was [...]

‘The Purge,’ ‘Halloween,’ Blumhouse Horror Hits Haunt Universal Studios Hollywood

News By Angela Dawson|August 31, 2018 |0

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror. This year’s event features a new slate of eight unrivaled film and television production quality mazes, frightful scare z [...]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ Cast Talk Next Chapter of Horror Franchise

Features Film Features By Peter Gonzaga|July 19, 2018 |0

By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In an age where our lives are so influenced by the internet, computers and social media, Stephen Susco’s film “Unfriended: Dark Web” ( a sequel to the 2014 horror flick) has given a darker view into the negative aspects of modern communications tec [...]

EXCLUSIVE: From a ‘Liar’ to a ‘Truth’ Seeker, Lucy Hale is on a Roll

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|April 9, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After seven seasons of playing artsy Aria Montgomery on the hit TV series “Pretty Little Liars,” Lucy Hale is headlining another show, “Life Sentence,” in which she plays Stella Abbott, a young woman who has survived terminal cancer and has to learn t [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Lin Shaye Opens Door to Family History in ‘Insidious: The Last Key’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|January 2, 2018 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Lin Shaye defies the Hollywood convention that the hero of a horror film is male actor, and even more extraordinary is the fact that she is more than a few decades older than her core audience. Yet the journeyman actress has become a fan favorite in [...]

‘Split’ and Next Chapter of ‘800 Words’ on Home Entertainment … plus giveaways!!!

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|April 16, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense,” “The Visit”) delivers the frightening thriller “Split,” an original psychological thriller on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand Tuesday April 18, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. It also is available on [...]

Jason Blum Teams with YouTube Space for Scary Mega-Collab Starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|October 26, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, best known for his action and comedy roles in movies, is getting into the horror ring. Just in time for Halloween, the former WWE wrestler stars in a new horror-inspired, virtual reality production program created by YouTube [...]

Eli Roth Teams with Jason Blum for ‘Green Inferno’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|September 22, 2015 |0

****Note to Editors: The band Pussy Riot is mentioned. You may want to asterisk it.*** By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—After enjoying the ultimate fantasy of playing a character that assassinates Hitler in Quentin Tarantino’s alternate universe World War II sendup “Inglourious Baste [...]