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HBO Max’s Halloween Hub Borrows a Trick from ‘It’ to Help with Horror Movie Selections

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HBO Max has embraced the Halloween spirit with its Halloween is Here hub, packed with tricks and treats for all ages. While they’ve broken down the Halloween-themed content into curated categories, the streaming service borrowed a trick from It and It Chapter Two for those unable to decide on what to watch.

In 2017’s It, Richie (Finn Wolfhard) and Bill (Jaeden Martell) come across three doors in the house on Neibolt street labeled “Not Scary at All,” “Scary,” and “Very Scary.” They choose the least terrifying option, only to be met with a girl missing the lower half of her body. In It Chapter Two, Richie (Bill Hader) encounters the doors again, now with Eddie (James Ransone). Remembering what happened last time, Richie chooses the “Very Scary” door, where the girl’s lower half comes tap dancing out.

Under 31 Days of Tricks or Treats, HBO Max presents those same three doors, each with a randomized selection of horror that changes daily. Like the Losers Club kids, you just have to choose your level of terror. Only this time, there are no Pennywise tricks. “Not Scary at All” offers family friendly frights, and the following doors increase the fear levels. That these selections rotate daily means you can use this function throughout October.

The streamer breaks down its Halloween offerings into fun categories like “Magic and Witchcraft,” “Costume Ideas,” “Creature Features,” “Cartoon Creep-Outs,” and more, making it easy to navigate through the Halloween hub. But the choose-your-own adventure by way of It and It Chapter Two makes for a nice touch.

Horror journalist, RT Top Critic, and Critics Choice Association member. Co-Host of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast. Has appeared on PBS series' Monstrum, served on the SXSW Midnighter shorts jury, and moderated horror panels for WonderCon and SeriesFest.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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