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EXCLUSIVE Not only can a scary horror film trailer lead to an opening weekend that leaves a film profitable by Monday, great trailers can achieve immortality of their own. Unforgettably jarring trailers for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Ring, Halloween, The Shining, The Blair Witch Project, Psycho and Paranormal Act…

Bill Gold, the graphic designer responsible for some of the most indelible and powerful images in Hollywood history, died Sunday at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. He was 97, and his death, the result of complications of Alzheimer's disease, was confirmed by a family spokeswoman. From 1942 – the year he designed…

Fox’s well received but low rated horror drama series The Exorcist has been axed after two seasons. The series, which starred Geena Davis in its first season, started off with a lot of promise. "This show is going to turn heads," Fox chairman Gary Newman said of The Exorcist to a lot of chuckles (and a few groans) in…

In a chilling new documentary, Oscar-winning director William Friedkin returns to the roots of one of the most successful horror films of all time, his frightening film of William Peter Blatty’s bestseller The Exorcist. That 1973 classic had audiences fainting in their seats, became a box office sensation and was…

Fox is considering returning to a terrorism-threat backdrop for its potential new take on the 24 franchise. Chairman Gary Newman says there are a few paths being explored, noting, “I think terrorism is uniquely suited for 24 because the timeliness and urgency is built in. You could be in the medical field or the legal…

Things are about to get downright scary at Amazon, again. The streaming service now run by Jennifer Salke is bring back horror anthology Lore for a second season, it was formally announced this morning. No specifics were provided on when Season 2 would debut or for how many episodes, but I hear that a fall 2018…

The Exorcist (0.4/2) ended its second season and 2017 with a narrative bang last night. On a Blue Blood-less Friday that saw little movement for most shows, the bloody and unexpected death of a major character on the finale of the Fox horror drama was pretty placid among adults 18-49. Like lead-in Hell's Kitchen…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's The Exorcist Season 2 finale EXCLUSIVE: "You know, we've been promising that war is coming to some extent from the very beginning of this show and I think Season 3 is the war arriving," says The Exorcist executive producer Jeremy Slater of tonight's ominous…

Maybe it was the lingering remembrance of Pearl Harbor, an escape to the 50th state from the chill of December covering most of America or maybe it was just the love of an old fashioned antidote story, but Hawaii Five-O (1.1/4) had a very good night on Friday. A somewhat steady primetime on the Big 4 and the CW found…

A bank robbery dominated Hawaii Five-O (1.0/4) last night but it was the CBS 50th state drama that secured the biggest haul on Friday, once again. While down a tenth from last week's season high, Five-O was the #1 show last night among adults 18-49. The island series also matched lead-out Blue Bloods (0.9/4), which…

There was some NBA pre-season play and some Canadian football up the cable dial but on a night without big sporting competition, Friday the 13th proved to be very lucky indeed for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (0.2/1). Unlike many a returning series this year, the Season 3 debut of the Rachel Bloom led musical dramady came back…

Snapshot: New series premieres: ABC's Marvel’s Inhumans (0.9 in 18-49, 3.8 million); Returning series all down, The Exorcist hits series low.  The Marvel brand helped draw eyeballs to ABC’s Marvel’s Inhumans. Despite being one of the worst reviewed series in recent memory and following a limited IMAX theatrical…