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Maybe instead of a scary movie, you’d rather enjoy a scary TV series that you can sink your teeth into over multiple episodes. You could re-watch previous seasons of American Horror Story, The Twilight Zone, or whatever suits your fancy. Or, with a Netflix subscription, you can start with some of Netflix’s spooky originals. Netflix is no stranger to releasing incredible original series, like Stranger Things and Bridgerton for example, but the streaming service is also good for a scare....

After directing over 100 motion pictures, short videos, and television productions since his directorial debut in 1991, Takashi Miike has become well-known on an international scale for horror movies, samurai cinema, disturbing images, and everything in between. Known for his depictions of graphic violence, endless amounts of blood, and highly animated (almost cartoonish) characters, his films are commonly labeled as over the top, but have a darkness impossible to shake. Pushing endless boundaries in cinema, Miike credits directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Gosha, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Paul Verhoeven for inspiring his variety of work....

Prime Video has just released a first-look trailer for Gen V, a spinoff to the hit superhero satire series The Boys. Set in a special university for budding superheroes learning how to use their superhuman abilities, Gen V introduces an all-new cast of characters, but as seen in the new trailer, some familiar faces will be popping up as well. The trailer debuted at CCXP in Brazil, but Prime Video has since made it available to check out online....

As a sequel to one of the best science fiction films of the ‘80s, RoboCop 2 had a lot to live up to when it released in 1990. How do you follow up the wild violence and wry satire of a Paul Verhoeven film? Most movie fans would probably say if Verhoeven himself isn’t attached, it’s not going to go well. Amazingly, that wasn’t the case; RoboCop 2, though hit with lukewarm reviews from critics at the time, has held up just as well as the first movie, and remains one of the best sequels of its era....

Movie critic Roger Ebert has announced that he is resurrecting his nationally-syndicated movie review program At the Movies on PBS. The move brings the recently cancelled series back to its public television roots. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel launched At the Movies in 1975 on WTTW in Chicago, and it was said that new episodes will once-again be filmed in Chicago. The revived series will be broadcast nationally, and will be hosted by Associated Press critic Christy Lemire and National Public Radio critic Elvis Mitchell....

Yesterday, the revived hit TV series Roseanne was abruptly cancelled after the show’s star and creator Roseanne Barr made a blatantly racist tweet about former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Following this, Barr has made a number of public apologies over Twitter, showing that she has already come to terms with the cancellation. Immediately following Barr’s tweet, the Roseanne star received a lot of hate over social media, which is an expected response on the Internet....

George Lopez is bringing his unique humor back to TV with the new FX series Saint George. We recently caught up with the author and stand-up comedian to find out more about his latest project. Watch our exclusive interview here… George Lopez follows the chaotic life of “George Lopez,” a recently divorced working class Mexican-American turned successful entrepreneur caught between two cultures. He struggles to balance the parenting demands of his All-American Anglo ex-wife, “Mackenzie” and the cultural expectations of his overbearing Mexican-American mother....

Star Sarah Michelle Gellar recently revealed that she doesn’t regret turning down major movie roles for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The actor’s admission comes as the star makes her return to the small screen with the new Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. In the show, Gellar plays arson expert Kristin Ramsey. Gellar’s return to television has also revived talk about the star’s talent as a performer and her lack of recognition in terms of awards and prominent movie roles....

SCI FI Channel has acquired the fourth season of People’s Choice Award-nominated Doctor Who and the phenomenally popular series’ new spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures from BBC Worldwide America. Both series are slated to premier on SCI FI in April 2008. The Sarah Jane Adventures is written and produced by the same creative team behind Doctor Who, including multi-award winning writer Russell T. Davies. Having traveled the universe with The Doctor, Sarah Jane is used to alien encounters....

Seven of the major Hollywood studios and six top consumer electronics manufacturers today announced the launch of the Blu-ray Disc Promotion, a summer-long promotional program intended to encourage customers to experience the unparalleled high-definition experience that Blu-ray(TM) provides. The promotion gives consumers the opportunity to jump-start their high definition library by receiving five free Blu-ray Discs from a list of over 20 of the most popular titles offered by participating studios when they purchase qualifying Blu-ray players between July 1 and September 30, 2007....

With the success of this summer’s Sex and the City: The Movie, it’s no surprise that a sequel is being readied. MTV Movies Blog recently chatted with star Sarah Jessica Parker who revealed some details on Sex and the City 2. “We’re at the place where…we think we have this story and how do we put this together and are we completely sure that it’s the right thing to do?” Parker said....

The Garbage lead singer talks about coming onto the Fox series’ second season Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is back for its second season and a new face is joining the cast in Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson. Manson will play Catherine Weaver, the CEO of a technology corporation called ZeinaCorp on the series, and she will also be portraying the series’ new T1001 model liquid-metal Terminator as well. I was in on a conference call with the singer who’s making her acting debut on the series....

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, today announced additional names for its upcoming Creepshow anthology series. Joining the cast are acclaimed actors David Arquette (Scream franchise), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer) and Dana Gould (The Simpsons, Stan Against Evil). Shudder also revealed the three new Creepshow stories in which they will appear, and announced Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, 1990’s Night of the Living Dead) as the director Joe Hill’s “By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain” (adapted by Jason Ciaramella), marking Savini’s return to the beloved franchise....

The first poster and details for The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIX have arrived. It may still be the middle of summer, but it’s never too early to start getting pumped for Halloween. Fox will be showcasing The Simpsons during San Diego Comic-Con next weekend, as per usual, and they’ve decided to use the opportunity to give fans a glimpse at the upcoming annual Halloween special. This year, Springfield’s favorite family is going to be spoofing several sci-fi and horror classics in the form of Jurassic Park, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the 1950’s thriller The Three Faces of Eve....

Snoop Dogg is helping to bring in the new year! In a story from Fangoria, Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror will be coming to DVD March 6 from Xenon Pictures and Vivendi Visual Entertainment. No word yet on what that disc will contain. In other DVD related news Mario Bava’s 1966 masterwork Kill, Baby, Kill will be coming to DVD March 27 from Dark Sky Films. The tale is set in a modern-day Carpathian village rocked by a series of bizarre murders, in which the female victims are found with gold coins imbedded in their hearts....

Vampire movies have been a classic in the entertainment world ever since their conception. 1922’s Nosferatu is the oldest surviving adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and it has been plagued with controversy ever since it came out in theaters. Hollywood’s earliest vampires were not even vampires as the world knows them today, as seen in films like Twilight. A movie like The Vampire, which was released in 1913, depicted vampires as temptresses, femme fatales with a bone to grind against men....

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the drama, Sleuth. The film is a remake of the 1972 cat-and-mouse flick; the updated version will star Michael Caine and Jude Law; Law is also producing through his Riff Raff Productions. Kenneth Branagh is directing the Harold Pinter screenplay that centers on an older writer and a younger actor who spend a weekend trying to outwit each other at the writer’s English manor after the writer learns the actor has been having an affair with his wife....

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution will offer high definition (HD) movies for purchase and rental on the PlayStation Network video delivery service in the United States. PlayStation Network is the first to offer high definition movies for purchase from all of the major movie studios, further establishing PlayStation3 (PS3) as the preeminent home entertainment platform for this year’s most popular and critically acclaimed high definition movies....

The Star Wars films lay it out plain and simple: the Jedi are the heroes and the Sith are villains. Throughout nine major installments and many spinoff series, we see the battle between the harbingers of justice and those who dabble in the Dark Side of The Force. The franchise has evoked joy, tears, laughter, outrage, and excitement from its fans, and the narrative continues to weave with upcoming series like Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+....

Lucasfilm, one of the world’s leading film and entertainment companies, and Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services company, are proud to announce their collaboration on the 3D conversion of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace for theatrical release, heralding an exciting new era in Star Wars entertainment. Prime Focus was selected by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) following an exhaustive testing process. Utilizing Prime Focus’ proprietary View-D™ process, the cutting-edge conversion is scheduled to hit 3D theater screens on February 10, 2012....