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These Artists Will Fuel Your Nightmares With Deep Water Monsters

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The ocean is lovely, dark, and deep, but it’s also terrifying and probably full of monsters. We have really only explored about 10% of the ocean and still we have found alien-like creatures that are the stuff of nightmares. It is estimated that there are thousands of ocean-dwelling species we have not yet discovered, which is incredible, but it makes me wildly uncomfortable.

Now, not to discredit the horrors of the ocean, but any murky, deep body of water can be frightening. If you’ve ever found yourself swimming in open water, I’m sure you’ve experienced the two-second terror of some unknown thing touching your feet as it passes by. You instinctively yank your feet closer to your body, heart pounding. What was that? Pure terror, friend.

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Being in open water is a horribly vulnerable position, and there’s something about not being able to see what’s beneath you that’s deeply disturbing. There’s no easy escape. Any creature that has spent its entire life underwater is definitely going to be able to swim faster than you.

Although your imagination is largely to blame for any deep water discomfort, filmmakers have taken advantage of this fear. Thanks to movies like Jaws, Sphere, Below, Piranha, Deep Blue Sea, and The Deep, we’ve been afraid to go in the water for a long time now.

If you’re keen to tickle your thalassophobia, check out the works of these talented artists. They have created beautiful pieces that imagine what unknown monsters could be haunting the unknown depths. Lying in wait. Ready to feast.

Now excuse me while I avoid any deep body of water for the rest of my life.

what dwells below - by Tom Wood | Featured Artist on the Fantasy Gallery

“What Dwells Below” – by Tom Wood

80.5000° S, 94.0000° W, Alex Konstad on ArtStation at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LkNlP

by Alex Konstad

by Maarta Laiho

Alex Konstad is an illustrator and concept artist based in the US working in the entertainment industry. He attended The Art Department art school and is now working as a Freelance Artist at Sony Online Entertainment.

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Beneath the Surface by Julie Dillon https://juliedillon.deviantart.com/art/Beneath-the-Surface-449124551

“Beneath the Surface” by Julie Dillon

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“Monstruo Marino” by Sebastian Giacobino

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by Meronfeisu

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by Sören Bendt

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New Vampire Flick “Flesh of the Gods” Will Star Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac

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80s nostalgia is still going strong in the horror community. As proof of this, Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) is developing a new 80s themed vampire film. However, unlike some of the other nostalgia bait films that have come out recently, Flesh of the Gods is packing some serious talent.

First, the film is written by the legendary Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en). If that wasn’t enough, the film will star Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) and Kristen Stewart (Underwater).

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Variety gives us a glimpse into the story line, stating that: “Flesh of the Gods is set in glittering ’80s L.A., where married couple Raoul (Oscar Isaac) and Alex (Kristen Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.”

Cosmatos offers his own opinion of the film. “Like Los Angeles itself, ‘Flesh of the Gods’ inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare. Both propulsive and hypnotic, ‘Flesh’ will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell.”

Producer Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) seems to also be excited about The Flesh of the Gods. “This director, this writer, these incredible actors, vampires, choice ’80s punk, style and attitude for miles… that’s the film we’re bringing you today. We think it’s wildly commercial and wildly artful. Our ambitions are to make a movie that ripples through popular culture, fashion, music and film. Can you tell how excited I am?”

Flesh of the Gods is set to begin filming later this year. It will launch at Cannes with WME Independent, CAA Media Finance, and XYZ Films. The Flesh of the Gods does not currently have a release date.

That’s all the information we have at this time. Make sure to check back here for more news and updates.

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The Pope’s Exorcist Officially Announces New Sequel

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The Pope’s Exorcist is one of those films that’s just fun to watch. It isn’t the most terrifying film around, but there’s something about Russel Crow (Gladiator) playing a wise cracking Catholic priest that just feels right.

Screen Gems seems to agree with this assessment, as they have just officially announced that The Pope’s Exorcist sequel is in the works. It makes sense that Screen Gems would want to keep this franchise going, considering the first film scared up almost $80 million with a budget of only $18 million.

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The Pope’s Exorcist

According to Crow, there may even be a The Pope’s Exorcist trilogy in the works. However, recent changes with the studio may have put the third film on hold. In a sit-down with The Six O’Clock Show, Crow gave the following statement about the project.

“Well that’s in discussion at the moment. The producers originally got the kick off from the studio not just for one sequel but for two. But there’s been a change of studio heads at the moment, so that’s going around in a few circles. But very definitely, man. We set that character up that you could take him out and put him into a lot of different circumstances.”

Crow has also stated that film’s source material involves twelve separate books. This would allow the studio to take the story in all kinds of directions. With that much source material, The Pope’s Exorcist could even rival The Conjuring Universe.

Only the future will tell what becomes of The Pope’s Exorcist. But as always, more horror is always a good thing.

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New ‘Faces of Death’ Remake Will Be Rated R For “Strong Bloody Violence and Gore”

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In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, the Faces of Death reboot has been given an R rating from the MPA. Why has the film been given this rating? For strong bloody violence, gore, sexual content, nudity, language, and drug use, of course.

What else would you expect from a Faces of Death reboot? It would honestly be alarming if the film received anything less than an R rating.

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Faces of Death

For those unaware, the original Faces of Death film released in 1978 and promised viewers video evidence of real deaths. Of course, this was just a marketing gimmick. Promoting a real snuff film would be a terrible idea.

But the gimmick worked, and franchise lived on in infamy. The Faces of Death reboot is hoping to gain the same amount of viral sensation as its predecessor. Isa Mazzei (Cam) and Daniel Goldhaber (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) will spearhead this new addition.

The hope is that this reboot will do well enough to recreate the infamous franchise for a new audience. While we don’t know much about the film at this point, but a joint statement from Mazzei and Goldhaber gives us the following info on the plot.

“Faces of Death was one of the first viral video tapes, and we are so lucky to be able to use it as a jumping off point for this exploration of cycles of violence and the way they perpetuate themselves online.”

“The new plot revolves around a female moderator of a YouTube-like website, whose job is to weed out offensive and violent content and who herself is recovering from a serious trauma, that stumbles across a group that is recreating the murders from the original film. But in the story primed for the digital age and age of online misinformation, the question faced is are the murders real or fake?”

The reboot will have some bloody shoes to fill. But from the looks of it, this iconic franchise is in good hands. Unfortunately, the film does not have a release date at this time.

That’s all the information we have at this time. Make sure to check back here for more news and updates.

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