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Amazon Sets’Good Omens’ Premiere Date, Casts Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan

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Neil Gaiman gave fans exactly what they wanted Wednesday at the National Critics Associations winter press tour with casting news and a premiere date for Amazon’s adaptation of Good Omens, a novel he co-authored with the late Terry Pratchett.

Set as Armageddon looms, the novel has been called the most hilarious story about the apocalypse ever written.

The angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demonic Crowley (David Tennant) have been earthbound since the beginning after Crowley tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden and Aziraphale gave a helping hand, er sword, to her and Adam when they were subsequently kicked out.

They’ve grown rather attached to the place over the millennia so when news arrives that the Apocalypse is coming, the two join forces to try to stop it happening.

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It doesn’t hurt that the Anti-Christ was switched at birth by a bumbling Satanic Nun, and a wealthy diplomat and his wife have been grooming the wrong boy to lead the charge, of course.

Soon the four motorcycle riding Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been unleashed, and the Hellhound has been sent to his Master. Not knowing that he’s the Anti-Christ or how the dog came to be in his possession, Adam (Sam Taylor Buck) names the Hellhound “Dog” and turns him into a good boy.

As events spiral out of control and witches, witchfinders, demons, angels, and a whole host of other beings converge, it’s up to Aziraphale and Crowley to stop the whole mess from imploding.

Gaiman announced the addition of Benedict Cumberbatch to the cast as Satan. The actor joins an impressive lineup that, alongside Tennant and Sheen, includes Miranda Richardson, Adria Arjona, Derek Jacobi, Jon Hamm and a special “appearance” by Frances McDormand as the Voice of God.

According to Entertainment Weekly, all six episodes of Good Omens are set to premiere on Amazon May 31, 2019.

Check out the opening credits sequence, which also premiered at the NCA today, below!

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Vomit Bags Handed Out in Theaters as ‘Saw X’ is Called Worse Than ‘Terrifier 2’

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Remember all the puking folks were doing when Terrifier 2 was released in theaters? It was an incredible amount of social media showing folks tossing their cookies in theaters at the time. For good reason too. If you have seen the film and know what Art the Clown does to a girl in a yellow room, you know that Terrifier 2 wasn’t messing around. But it appears that Saw X is being seen a challenger.

One of the scenes that is apparently bothering folks this time is the one in which a guy has to perform brain surgery on himself in order to hack out a chunk of grey matter that weighs enough for the challenge. The scene is pretty brutal.

The synopsis for Saw X goes like this:

Hoping for a miraculous cure, John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer uses deranged and ingenious traps to turn the tables on the con artists.

For me personally, I still think that Terrifier 2 owns this crown though. It is gnarly throughout and Art is brutal and doesn’t have a code or anything. He just loves killin’. While Jigsaw deals in revenge or in ethics. Also, we see the vomit bags, but I haven’t seen anyone using em just yet. So, I’ll remain skeptical.

All in all, I gotta say I like both films since both are sticking with practical effects instead of going the cheapy computer graphics way.

Have you seen Saw X yet? Do you think that it rivals Terrifier 2? Let us know in the comments section.

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Billy Gives a Tour of His Home in ‘SAW X’ MTV Parody

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While SAW X dominates in theaters, we here at iHorror are enjoying the promos. One of the best SAW promos that we have seen is hands down the one that features Billy giving us a tour of his home in a MTV parody approach.

The latest SAW film brings back Jigsaw by taking us back into the past and an all-out revenge plan on his Cancer doctors. A group that counts on making money off of sick people messes with the wrong guy and undergoes a whole lot of torture.

“Hoping for a miraculous cure, John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer uses deranged and ingenious traps to turn the tables on the con artists.

SAW X is now playing in theaters. Have you already seen it? Let us know what you thought.

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‘The Last Drive-In’ Changes to Single Movie Approach Over Double Features

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Well, while I always enjoy more Joe Bob Briggs in my life I am not sure about AMC’s latest decision for Joe Bob Briggs and The Last Drive-In. The news going around is that the team would be getting a “super-sized” season. While it does go on a little longer than we are used to, it comes with a huge bummer as well.

The “super-sized” season will also include the upcoming John Carpenter Halloween special and the Daryl Dixon Walking Dead series’ first episodes. It also includes a Christmas Episode and a Valentine’s Day episode. When the true season begins next year it will give us one episode every other week in place of the much-loved double-feature.

This will stretch out the season further but not by giving fans extra films. Instead, it will skip a week and skip out on the late-night fun of the double feature.

This is a decision made by AMC Sudder and not by the team at The Last Drive-In.

I’m hoping that a well-placed petition may assist in getting the double features back. But only time will tell.

What do you think about the new line-up for The Last Drive-In? Will you miss the double features and the string of consistent episodes? Let us know in the comments section.

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