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We Really Wish Funko Would Actually Make These Italian Horror POP! Toys

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In the years since launching their POP! line of vinyl toys, Funko has given so many pop culture characters and real-life figures the treatment that it’s at this point impossible to even keep track. They seem to announce new ones every single day, and you can’t throw a rock without hitting a big display of them.

To their credit, Funko has brought tons of horror characters from both film and television into the line, but we realize that there are just some movies they’d never bother with. After all, as much as I may want it, I’d probably be the only person who would actually buy a Clint Howard Ice Cream Man toy.

On that note, Photoshop master Frank Browning just imagined a line of POP! vinyl toys based on Italian horror films, his contribution to this year’s Italian Horror Week over on Doc Terror. The blog’s owner, James Harris, passed away earlier this year, but the annual celebration is continuing in his honor.

Prepare yourself to see The Beast from Anthropophagous, the Etruscan Zombie from Burial Ground, Dr. Freudstein from The House by the Cemetery, and the Worm-Eyed Zombie from Zombie aka Zombi 2 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters as you have never seen them before,” Frank writes. “As Custom Funko Pop Figures!

We can at least dream, right?

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Stephen King, James Wan & Osgood Perkins Horror Movie ‘The Monkey’ Wraps Filming; Meet the Cast

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Three horror powerhouses are coming together for The Monkey, an adaptation of the Stephen King story that’s being produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins.

The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, and more.

Deadline reports today that filming on The Monkey has wrapped, and the website has revealed the full cast for the upcoming horror movie. Read on for everything you need to know.

Theo James (The White Lotus) stars alongside Tatiana Maslany (SheHulkAttorney at Law), Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek).

Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel, the upcoming Longlegs) wrote the screenplay for the feature film adaptation and he also directed the upcoming movie.

“In The Monkey, when twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

“But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them.”

James Wan is producing with Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear (M3GAN), and C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth (Joker) and Dave Caplan (Babylon).

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Elijah Wood in ‘Maniac’

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