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Winslow Dumaine’s New Edition of ‘The Tarot Restless’ Ready for Production

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5 years ago

February 2, 2021

The third edition of The Tarot Restless is ready to enter production and artist Winslow Dumaine is looking to bring the world a new path to healing with his deck inspired by black metal, Dark Souls, and H.P. Lovecraft.

As someone who has read tarot for almost 25 years, now, I can say with certainty that, while the artwork might change, very little differs from one deck to the next. However, upon occasion an artist will do something that takes the reader by surprise. Some of those changes are subtle, such as in Kim Krans’s incredible The Wild Unknown Tarot deck in which she changes the tried and true face cards from Page, Knight, Queen, and King to Daughter, Son, Mother, and Father. It might seem minute, but it brings an entirely different interpretation to a reading.

Nothing, however, could have prepared me for the first time I looked through Dumaine’s deck.

The artist channeled his own pain and loss into the imagery of The Tarot Restless

The imagery here is dark, set in a fantasy world where the human world faces an apocalyptic crisis due to global infertility. With little hope, they find themselves surrounded by pain, suffering, and the possibility that their dreams might never come to fruition as they had imagined.

This is the story of The Tarot Restless, and it was born from Dumaine’s own pain after the loss of a relationship and the crushing depression that followed.

“Instead of writing (more) sappy poetry about my broken heart,” the artist’s Kickstarter reads, “I resolved to convey the staggering, suffocating, intensity of pain and the long and convoluted road to recovery. Betrayal, nihility, and loss drove me to create a universe in which a rogue pantheon of gods cursed humanity with infertility, condemning the species to extinction.”

The standard tarot deck is comprised of 78 cards: the Major Arcana (the archetypes) and four suits generally built around the elements of Earth (Pentacles/Coins), Air (Swords), Fire (Wands), and Water (Cups). Again, sometimes we see slight variants here, but they generally follow this pattern.

The official promo trailer for The Tarot Restless featuring music by Pharmakeia

The third edition of Dumaine’s deck has swollen to 100 cards. This consists of the original 78-card deck (12 of which have been redesigned) plus the 12-card The Zodiac Retrograde and the 10-card The Oracle Inimical (The Exalted and the Exterminated). In addition, the deck comes with the 140+ page Restless Meditations, a guidebook of short stories that dive into the intense interpretations of the deck.

“I spent years of my life making these illustrations and refining the stories that accompany them,” Dumaine says. “This is not a guidebook on how to destroy your pain, but a bestiary on how to tame your demons and make them work for you. I’m thrilled to be able to share it with you, and I hope that it helps you through what difficulties lie ahead.”

For more information on The Tarot Restless, please visit Winslow Dumaine’s full KICKSTARTER page which launched on February 1, 2021! In the meantime, take a look at some of the chilling images from the deck below.

The Face Cards of The Tarot Restless

The Tarot Restless Cups

A Sampling of The Zodiac Retrograde from The Tarot Restless

The Tarot Restless Zodiac Retrograde

A Sampling of The Oracle Inimical from The Tarot Restless

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ShoStak Opens the Door for Filmmakers to Build and Own Their Stories

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11 hours ago

April 21, 2026

Anthony Pernicka

A new platform is stepping into the streaming space, but instead of trying to become the next Netflix or TikTok, ShoStak is built around a much bigger idea.

“Cinema does not need another platform. It needs a new model.”

ShoStak operates across two sides of its ecosystem. ShoStak.tv is the viewer-facing platform where audiences can watch content and discover new series. ShoStak.world serves as the creator hub, where filmmakers can develop projects, submit ideas, and take part in programs designed to help bring those stories to life.

Together, they form what ShoStak describes as a cinematic ecosystem. A space where stories are not treated as disposable content, but as worlds that can grow, evolve, and sustain themselves over time.

Instead of chasing algorithms or studio approval, the platform is built around a simple but ambitious goal. Give creators ownership of their work, their audience, and the revenue they generate from it.

The Competition Offering a First Look

As part of its early rollout, ShoStak is hosting a creator competition where audiences can vote on which projects move forward, giving fans a rare shot at directly influencing what actually gets made.

Projects are introduced as series concepts or pilots, with creators competing across multiple rounds. Audience participation helps determine which entries gain traction and continue developing.

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Ownership at the Center

One of the platform’s defining ideas is simple but powerful. Creators should own what they create.

ShoStak emphasizes a model where filmmakers:

Retain ownership of their intellectual property
Build and grow their own audience directly
Earn revenue tied to engagement and support from that audience

This removes a layer that has traditionally stood between creators and success. Instead of relying on studio approval or algorithmic luck, filmmakers have a clearer path to building something of their own.

It’s a shift that could be especially meaningful for independent creators who are used to giving up control just to get their work seen.

Building a New Kind of Pipeline

ShoStak is not just focused on hosting content. It’s working toward building a system where ideas can grow from concept to fully realized projects.

Through its creator hub and development programs, filmmakers can:

Introduce new story worlds directly to audiences
Build a following around those stories
Expand their projects over time without losing ownership

It creates a pipeline that feels more open than traditional systems. Instead of waiting for approval behind closed doors, creators can develop their work in front of an audience and grow it organically.

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Why This Matters for Horror

Horror has always lived a little outside the system.

Some of the most memorable films in the genre came from creators taking risks, working with limited resources, and finding ways to connect with audiences on their own terms.

ShoStak’s approach could give horror filmmakers a new kind of playground:

Test ideas as short-form series
Build loyal fanbases around original concepts
Expand those concepts into larger projects over time

For a genre that thrives on originality and experimentation, having more control over both the creative process and the outcome could make a real difference.

ShoStak is not just trying to launch another streaming service. It’s trying to rethink how stories are created, shared, and sustained.

By focusing on ownership, long-term world-building, and direct connection between creators and audiences, it’s offering a different path forward.

Whether that model succeeds remains to be seen.

But if it does, it could give filmmakers something that has been increasingly difficult to hold onto.

Control.

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The Evil Dead Burn Trailer Is Here and It Is Everything

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16 hours ago

April 21, 2026

Luna Gray

The teaser for Evil Dead Burn is attached to Lee Cronin’s The Mummy in theaters right now, which means you have to earn it. Go see The Mummy. You will probably enjoy that too.

Here is what we got. A young girl crawling across an apartment floor desperately trying to stay alive in a room with a Deadite. It is hard to tell, but the whole thing may be one continuous shot of her trying to get away from all of it. It is action packed, and it is gory, and ultraviolent in a way we have never seen in the franchise. For a teaser. That is a thesis statement. That is Sébastien Vaniček telling you exactly what kind of film this is going to be.

Evil Dead Burn opens July 10.

Why Vaniček Was the Right Call

The director is Sébastien Vaniček, who made Infested in 2023. Infested is a French spider horror film set entirely in a crumbling apartment building, and it is one of the better creature features of the last decade. It is relentless.

A single girl crawling across a dirty apartment floor with Deadites closing in is exactly the kind of scene Vaniček was built for. He does not need big spaces or big budgets. He needs a person, a threat, and no way out. That is Evil Dead. That has always been Evil Dead.

He co-wrote the script with Florent Bernard, his Infested collaborator. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert produce through Ghost House Pictures. Bruce Campbell and Lee Cronin are executive producers. The whole institution showed up for this one.

What the Film Is About

A woman loses her husband in a car accident and goes to stay with her in-laws at their remote house. The in-laws find the Book of the Dead. You already know what happens after that. You have always known.

Souheila Yacoub leads the cast, joined by Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright, and George Pullar. The film shot in New Zealand between July and October 2025 and is the sixth installment in the Evil Dead series.

Evil Dead Rise proved the standalone approach works. It did not need you to have seen anything. Burn looks like it is doing the same thing and doing it in a filthier, more confined space, which is exactly where this franchise lives best. If the teaser is any indication, Vaniček understood the assignment from the first frame.

Evil Dead Wrath follows in 2028, directed by Francis Galluppi. The pipeline is full. I am not complaining.

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The Evil Dead Universe Now Includes a Mummy Film

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19 hours ago

April 21, 2026

Luna Gray

No one would blame you for missing it. You watched Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, a professor named Bixler showed up, you didn’t think twice about it, and you went home. That was the whole plan.

Then Cronin gave an interview to Collider where he explained what he did, which is the least subtle version of hiding something possible. The Mummy and Evil Dead share a universe now and its up to us to decide what that means.

The Name You Missed

Mark Mitchinson plays Professor Bixler in The Mummy. He is an Archaeologist. You know the type. Probably has a bad feeling about this, does not survive having a bad feeling about it.

If you watched Evil Dead Rise, that name might mean something. Bethany Bixler is Beth. The woman trying to hold her family together while her sister gets possessed in a Los Angeles apartment building and starts doing things that are deeply unpleasant to think about. Same last name.

Cronin’s exact words to Collider: “If you pay attention to the name of the archeology professor in the movie, he could be a distant relative of some key characters in Evil Dead Rise.”

He could be. The director put the name there on purpose and then talked about it in an interview. You can decide how ambiguous that is. I have already decided.

What the Evil Dead Canon Looks Like Now

Evil Dead Rise did not reboot anything when it came out in 2023. It continued the same line that Sam Raimi started in 1981 and that has since expanded to include the original trilogy, the 2013 remake, and Ash vs. Evil Dead. Cronin stepped in as steward of that whole thing.

The Deadites, the Necronomicon, and a journalist’s daughter who vanishes into the desert and comes back eight years later as something that no longer qualifies as a daughter now all share the same reality. That is a lot of mythology in one place and somehow none of it feels like it is crashing into anything else.