Mysterio spills his guts out in Gentle Giant's Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust. Also featured in our latest round-up are release details and a trailer for An Irish Exorcism and the release date for The Boy, a horror film starring The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan.
Mysterio Zombie Mini Bust: Set for release in early 2016, Gentle Giant's Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust is now available to pre-order for $99.00. We have details and images of the bust below (photos via Figures.com):
"Several characters have donned the Mysterio costume to plague Spider-Man in the character’s long history. None, however, have been as grotesque as the Mysterio that appeared in the Marvel Zombies Universe! In the Marvel Zombies series, the world has been infected by a virus that turns the living, into rotting corpses, who retain their intelligence and abilities.
This incarnation of Mysterio has been digitally sculpted by the master artisans at Gentle Giant Ltd. The Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust features the zombified master of illusion with his greatest asset exposed, HIS BRAIN! With cracked dome, bloody grey matter, and entrails spilling out, this horrifying creature no longer needs parlor tricks to frighten his foes. Crafted using only the highest quality polystone, each limited-edition, hand-painted mini bust comes individually numbered and is packed with a matching certificate of authenticity."
The Boy: With their sinister smiles and dead-eyed stares, inanimate dolls are creepy, but they're even more unsettling when brought to unnatural life. Filmmakers have long tapped into the scary potential of dolls, as evidenced by Child's Play, Dolls, Annabelle, and many more. Now William Brent Bell is stepping into the sub-genre with The Boy, which stars The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan, and, according to Box Office Mojo, is slated for a January 22nd, 2016 release:
"In the film, Greta (Cohan), a young American woman looking to escape a troubled past, takes a job in a small England village as a nanny for a wealthy couple's 8-year-old son while they take a long vacation.
She arrives at the remote manor to discover that things are not quite right. The surprisingly elderly Mr. & Mrs. Heelshire have a list of strict rules for her to follow in caring for their son Brahms, and they mysteriously warn Greta that not following them precisely could result in something terrible. But, the most disturbing realization of all is that Brahms is not an actual 8-year-old boy....he's a life-sized porcelain doll, whom the doting parents care for and deeply love, just like a real boy. "If you love him," Greta is sternly instructed, "he will love you back."
Isolated and alone, Greta notices that every time she breaks a rule, something strange happens in the house, and the doll reappears in different places and positions than where she put him. Compelled to uncover the mystery behind Brahms, Greta enlists the help of the local grocery delivery man, the only human being she sees for weeks, who shares horrifying details about the Heelshire family's disturbing past, leading Greta to realize that she wasn't just hired – she was chosen."
A project from STX Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment, The Boy is directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside, Stay Alive) from a screenplay by Stacey Menear. The Boy will mark the first feature film lead role for Cohan, who's co-starred in Death Race 2, Float, and more.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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