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M.L. Miller’s 4-Part Comic Series “Gravetrancers” Coming December 13th

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M.L. Miller has something special for you horror fans this holiday season: a brand new horror comic mini-series with a morbid backdrop and a story to make even the most ardent horror fan cringe.  It’s called Gravetrancers and the first issue of the four part series, issued by Black Mask Studios, releases December 13th, 2017.

Gravetrancers is, in its own way, a perfect holiday release.  It’s got family dysfunction and daddy issues galore with a healthy dose of murder and drugs to round it out as evidenced in its official synopsis.

Maribel and Anthony are in search of the grave of their dead father, not knowing that they are stumbling into a graveyard owned by an eccentric clan of grave-robbers who’ve devised a highly-addictive drug made from human remains–and the fresher the corpse, the stronger the dose. What started out as an attempt to reconnect with the past becomes a descent into a psychedelic, neon-colored nightmare—will Maribel and Anthony find their way through the hallucinogens or will they become the next hit?

I’ve read the first issue and it has everything a great horror comic needs:  a strong story, beautiful yet gruesome artwork, and a stylish look reminiscent of Weird Tales and Vault of Terror.  What makes it even more gut wrenching is the fact that Miller based the story, in part, on a real life crime that was uncovered a few years ago in a cemetery just south of Chicago where the owners decided to make extra money by reselling cemetery plots while dumping the bodies of the homeless and unclaimed in a giant pit at the back of the property.

“I thought that was so heinous, but I was also sort of fascinated by what would motivate people to do this,” Miller explains.  “I have always wanted to do a story about graverobbing as I feel it’s a sub-genre of horror that hasn’t been plumbed much yet.  The drug angle came later.”

That angle was again inspired by reality when a friend of Miller’s told him about a man he’d met in rehab who had tried smoking anything and everything he could get his hands on in the hopes of getting high.  At one point, he’d gone so far as to even smoke the plastic cover that goes over an oven light.

“If someone would go to those lengths to get a high,” the author points out, “the idea of smoking human bodies isn’t really a giant leap.”

Once those elements came together, the rest began to fall into place quickly, and before long Gravetrancers was born.

Miller, whose previous comics have included Pirouette and Jungle Book, brings the story to life with a talented team including artwork by James Michael Whynot, coloring by Dee Cunniffe, and lettering by Jim Campbell.

This is one morbid holiday treat, you don’t want to miss.

Gravetrancers is currently available for pre-order here*, and you can follow M.L. Miller on Twitter to stay up to date on all his latest work.

*–The website posts the release date at November 29th, but Miller assures me that proper date is December 13th.

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New ‘MaXXXine’ Image is Pure 80s Costume Core

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A24 has unveiled a captivating new image of Mia Goth in her role as the titular character in “MaXXXine”. This release comes approximately a year and a half after the previous installment in Ti West’s expansive horror saga, which covers more than seven decades.

MaXXXine Official Trailer

His latest continues the story arc of freckle-faced aspiring starlet Maxine Minx from the first film X which took place in Texas in 1979. With stars in her eyes and blood on her hands, Maxine moves into a new decade and a new city, Hollywood, in pursuit of an acting career, “But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

The photo below is the latest snapshot released from the film and shows Maxine in full Thunderdome drag amid a crowd of teased hair and rebellious 80s fashion.

MaXXXine is set to open in theaters on July 5.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.” 

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Scooby-Doo

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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