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Maintenance Required Star Madelaine Petsch Explains Why Her New Romance Film's Title Is So Perfect

Maintenance Required is a film title that works on multiple levels and sets expectations perfectly.

By Russ Milheim -


Ant-Man Star Insists That Avengers: Doomsday Needs This 1 Overlooked Character

The Direct spoke with David Dastmalchian about where he could fit in the MCU's future.

By Gillian Blum -


Night Patrol Director Explains How Their Vampire Police Film Is Both Simple Fun & Thematically Deep

Night Patrol is a unique vampire film that tells the story of a corrupt police department.

By Russ Milheim -


Vicious Movie: Director Bryan Bertino Explains How the Horror Movie's Changing Rules Have a Deeper Meaning

Sometimes the rules in Dakota Fanning's Vicious seem to change without purpose, but that's the point.

By Russ Milheim -


Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors Reveal Their Spy Movie Influences for New Film at Fantastic Fest

Reflection in a Dead Diamond is clearly a love letter to classic spy thrillers.

By Russ Milheim -


Mother of Flies Directors Talk About Witchcraft & Hidden Magic In New Horror Film at Fantastic Fest

Mother of Flies follows a young woman looking for a cure in unexpected places.

By Russ Milheim -


Haunted Heist Cast Explains How Their Heist Movie Balances Being Both a Horror and Comedy

Haunted Heist is able to encapsulate two different genres while also giving those heist movie thrills.

By Russ Milheim -


Bone Lake Cast & Director Explain How the Scary Movie Revives an Ignored Subgenre of Horror

Erotic horror films are a rarity these days, but Bone Lake has audiences covered.

By Russ Milheim -


'Creep 3' Status Gets Revealed Amid Cancellation Concerns

Creep director Patrick Brice has a promising update about a third movie in the franchise.

By Lauren Rouse -


The Creep Tapes Season 2 Star Mark Duplass Teases Peachfuzz's Jumbled Evolution and the 'Saw' Inspired Episode

Season 2 of The Creep Tapes has tons in store, including a fun riff on the Saw franchise.

By Russ Milheim -


Martin Starr Gives Frustrating Response to 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Return Question

Martin Starr played coy about his potential return as Mr. Harrington in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

By Aeron Mer Eclarinal -


Coyotes Horror Movie Star Justin Long On Making Killer Coyotes Believable, Authentic, and Scary

Coyotes is exactly what is sounds like: a desperate struggle for survival against killer coyotes.

By Russ Milheim -


Ricky and Morty Star Harry Belden Thinks Season 9 Will Be Higher Quality Than Seasons 7 & 8

Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden shared how much of Season 9 they've completed recording.

By David Thompson -


The Strangers Chapter 3 Release Window Gets Officially Revealed by Director Renny Harlin (Exclusive)

According to the franchise director, 2026 will seemingly be the year of The Strangers 3.

By Klein Felt -


Crazy Old Lady Director Talks About Building Anxiety and Tension at Every Moment In New Horror Film

Crazy Old Lady truly lives up to its name, and it's an anxiety-ridden ride until the very end.

By Russ Milheim -


Shelby Oaks Director Chris Stuckmann on Getting Under the Audience' Skins and Handling Criticism

Film critic Chris Stuckmann has a new horror movie on the way with Shelby Oaks.

By Russ Milheim -


Black Phone 2 Director Scott Derrickson on Turning The Grabber Into a New-Age Freddy Krueger

The Grabber may have originally have been just a serial killer, but now he’s so much more.

By Russ Milheim -


Sisu: Road to Revenge Director Teases How the Action Sequel Elevates the Stakes to the Extreme

Sisu: Road to Revenge has the action everyone might expect but with some deeply personal stakes.

By Russ Milheim -


Doctor Strange Writer Reveals the MCU's Big Plans for Nightmare Villain

The Doctor Strange movie could have looked much different without Dormammu as its villain.

By Klein Felt -


One Piece Season 2 Star Promises 'Scary' Scenes From This Key Arc (Exclusive)

The One Piece star is ready for some scary super-sized fun in the show's next season.

By Klein Felt -


Primate Movie Star Reveals Why Their Killer Chimp Is The Perfect Opener For Fantastic Fest 2025

Primate is a gnarly horror movie with a crazy chimpanzee slaughtering poor souls.

By Russ Milheim -


How DEFIANT Tells the True Story of Robert Smalls (Exclusive)

Learn more about Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls from the creatives at SDCC 2025.

By David Thompson -


Invasion Season 3 Episode 5: New Clip Shows Trevante Enduring an Intense Casper Flashback

Trevante Cole finally recalled more about Casper, but at the wrong moment.

By Russ Milheim -


Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Will Be Some of the Best Anime Ever, Teases Voice Actor (Exclusive)

The hit anime series is coming back for what has been described as some of its best stories yet.

By Klein Felt -


The Strangers: Chapter 2 Star Madelaine Petsch Promises They Won't Ruin the Titular Villains

Many are worried about what Chapter 2 will do when it follows through with The Strangers' backstory.

By Russ Milheim -


Tulsa King Season 3 Cast on Mitch’s New Romance, Bohdi’s Revenge, & Intense Confrontations

Tulsa King Season 3 introduces new challenges, conflict, and romance for Dwight Manfredi's crew.

By Aeron Mer Eclarinal -


Gen V Season 2 Cast on Redemption, Romance, And the Show's 'Chosen One'

The students of Godolkin University have dealt with a lot, and it isn't going to get any easier.

By Russ Milheim -


Margot Robbie's The Sims Movie Will Have 'Barbie' & 'LEGO Movie' Influences (Exclusive)

A rare update on The Sims movie has been given to The Direct by producer Roy Lee

By David Thompson -


Gen V Season 2 Producers Reveal How The Boys Season 4 Homelander Twist Sets Up New Episodes

Gen V utilizes the new status quo in The Boys universe to its fullest extent.

By Russ Milheim -


Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Cast Reveal Why Movies Make for the Perfect Finale

Demon Slayer is jumping to the big screen once again to tell the last three parts of its story.

By Russ Milheim -


Star Wars Actor Confirms the Return of This Fan-Favorite 'Clone Wars' Character (Exclusive)

The voice behind a certain Star Wars: The Clone Wars character teased his return to that galaxy far, far away.

By Savannah Sanders -


BioShock Movie Gets Official Story Confirmation

There is always a lighthouse, even in the new streaming adaptation of Irrational's beloved immersive sim.

By Klein Felt -


The Long Walk Stars and Producers Talk Grueling Filming Process & Making Every Death Meaningful

The Long Walk is wowing critics across the board, for good reason.

By Russ Milheim -


Task Star Tom Pelphrey & the Cast of HBO Max's New Drama Talk Grief and Storytelling

HBO's latest offering, Task, a crime drama set in Philadelphia, gives viewers no shortage of grit.

By Rachel Tolleson -


Bad Man Stars Seann William Scott and Rob Riggle Talk Improv, Character Work, and Chance Perdomo

Seann William Scott and Rob Riggle get to go absolutely crazy in their new movie, Bad Man.

By Russ Milheim -


Peacemaker Season 2 Star Nhut Le on Judomaster's Big Return to James Gunn's New DCU

Judomaster is finally back, and he's now firmly on Team ARGUS after losing in Season 1.

By Russ Milheim -


Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reboot Gets Discouraging Update from Director

JT Mollner is making fans question these online rumors with some recent comments.

By Klein Felt -


London Calling Star Josh Duhamel on Creating a Love Letter to London and Los Angeles

London Calling has DNA and personality from both Los Angeles and London throughout.

By Russ Milheim -


The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Revival Cast Talks Season 7’s Unique Spin (Exclusive)

Get to know the new cast and crew of Hulu's World of Gumball revival.

By David Thompson -


Twisted Metal Season 3's Calypso Story Teased by Showrunner

If Season 3 is greenlit, there will be plenty of Calypso and Pope Charlie Kane.

By Russ Milheim -