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Scream episode 3 recap: Who’s next?

On the third episode of MTV’s Scream, things are off to a killer start. We are transported back to the night of Halloween in the year 1994 where two brutal murders occurred at the hands of none other than Ghostface. Noah is yet again telling a horror tale to a reporter who is interested in the recent murders that might be connected to Brandon James. He lets the reporter know that no one puts on a mask and commits a murder like that just once. Instead of trying to pin Tyler as the new murderer, they need to figure out […]

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Scream episode 2 recap: Private caller

It’s only the second episode of the new MTV series Scream which means there’s a lot of room for this story to develop. The thrills begin right at the start of the episode with Audrey’s girlfriend receiving a phone call from Audrey. Audrey tells her to play along with the game to meet her outside her room for some company. Unfortunately, when Rachel goes out to look for her, she doesn’t find Audrey but something else — a noose hanging from her balcony. Once she pulls the noose up Ghostface appears and puts the noose around her neck, sending Audrey’s […]

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Scream episode 1 recap: A haunting past

Now that the long awaited night has finally arrived, fans of the original Scream movie have been able to witness the new MTV adaptation of the film in the new series Scream. I’m personally a huge fan of the original movie and was quite skeptical at first. However, I know this isn’t going to be exactly the same and I’m OK with that. I’m excited to see how MTV is going to take a classic horror movie and draw it out into a series. The show starts off with the typical high school drama scene: popular girl leaks a video of non-popular […]

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Matt Dillon Leads All-Star Cast In Creepy, Genre-Bending Thriller “Wayward Pines”

How do you describe the indescribable? That is one of the biggest challenges facing FOX’s 10-part psychological thriller, Wayward Pines. A secret service agent finds himself in an idyllic town, but upon closer inspection, he realizes that the residents live under a strict set of rules governed by a sinister, omnipresent force. It’s a premise eerily familiar to fans of the cult drama Twin Peaks, or even the short-lived NBC drama Persons Unknown, but Pines comes with a series of tantalizing twists courtesy of the show’s executive producer and director, M. Night Shyamalan. The series is Shyamalan’s first project for […]

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Comedy

Watch Yourself, “Freak Out” is Back!

ABC’s freaky and funny hidden camera show returns with new scares and a fresh crop of unsuspecting marks. Freak Out first aired as part of ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween. Now, the series is back with even bigger scares. In each episode, unsuspecting mark witness their greatest fears coming to life before their eyes. What they don’t know is they’ve been set up by the people who know them best and are supposed to love them most — their friends and family members. Executive Producer SallyAnn Salsano reveals the motivation behind the pranks. “People say, ‘Hey, my friend did X, Y and Z […]

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The Lizzie Borden Chronicles: Christina Ricci returns with a vengeance in campy new Lifetime series

Lifetime’s new limited series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles premieres Sunday, April 5 at 10/9CT. In January 2014, Lifetime took a proverbial whack at bringing the sordid tale of Lizzie Borden to a new generation of horror fans with its original film Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. Starring Christina Ricci as the parent-dispatching Lizzie and Argo’s Clea DuVall as her obedient sister Emma, Lizzie was a bloody good time and a ratings killer, luring 4.4 million viewers on its way to becoming cable’s second-most-watched original film of the year. A few months later, the network approached Ricci with another idea — reuniting with […]

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#TBT TV: The Scare Factor III: Scare Factor Lives! (2002)

This Throwback Thursday transports us to October 2002, when we celebrated Halloween with our annual Scare Factor series of tributes to the best in horror and sci-fi films and TV shows. Scare Factor III was my personal favorite, as our staff picked our favorite genre characters and wrote little epitaphs for them. From the October 2002 edition of Channel Guide Magazine: It just won’t die! Our annual homage to horror shakes off the rigor mortis for its third edition, this time celebrating our favorite characters who really make for big-scream TV. Our office asylum put their severed heads together and […]

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Enter our Zombie Assault Sweepstakes to win

With shows like The Walking Dead, Z Nation and Town of the Living Dead, maybe you’ve been thinking about your preparedness for the zombie apocalypse. It’s ok if you’re not quite ready for the undead horde. In fact, we’d like to help. That’s where the Channel Guide Magazine Zombie Assault Sweepstakes comes in! We’ve put together a prize pack combining zombie love with some actually practical and fun items. It’s easy to enter – simply visit our entry form, fill it out and you’re in! You can enter as many times as you like. Winners will receive: a drawstring bag, […]

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7 Questions with … Josh McDermitt of The Walking Dead

As those of us who’ve earnestly studied The Walking Dead Season 5 trailer know well, so much depends on a mullet-sporting doctor. At least it sure seems that way. With most of the Grimes Gang — plus Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) and his faithful security detail Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos) and Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) — trapped in a Terminus train car by the possibly people-eating Gareth (Andrew J. West) and his fellow Terminans, Porter’s insistence that a cure awaits in Washington, D.C. appears to be the group’s only salvation. That’s not lost on McDermitt, who along with […]

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Animal Planet developing zombie animal graphic novel “The Other Dead” into scripted series

If zombie people on your TV screen aren’t enough to freak you out, thanks to shows like The Walking Dead and Z Nation, before long you will be able to see zombie animals on the attack, courtesy of Animal Planet. The network announced today that it has acquired exclusive rights for the zombie animal graphic novel The Other Dead, and will be developing it into a scripted series. From creators Joshua Ortega (Gears of War, Star Wars, Spider-Man) and Digger Mesch (Agent 88, X-Men, Payday), The Other Dead is a critically acclaimed, best-selling graphic novel from IDW Publishing. The story […]