Happy Friday the 13th horror fiends! Today, you’ll most likely be settling in with a good, old-fashioned marathon of beloved scary flicks as per the usual horror fan’s tradition on this glorious day. However, in the modern day where streaming services serve as king over cable and the go-to for today’s customer, not everyone has that luxury. Enter KANOPY streaming service; the FREE alternative to the Netflix giant that boasts hundreds of contemporary titles and of course, new and older beloved horror films! And all you simply need is a public library card!
Gives a good reason to break out crumpled college library pass, eh?
Beginning as a simple educational service for students, KANOPY is now competing in the mighty streaming game with an app that is available on Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, and iOS and Android devices. By simply downloading and signing up on the streaming site with your public library card, you can access a glory-pod of titles including, “My Friend Dahmer,” “The Love Witch,” “What We Do in The Shadows,” A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,” “They Remain,” “Momento,” “Donnie Darko,” “The Night of the Living Dead”, “Day of the Dead”, “Nosferatu”, and many more!
To sign up a free account, click here and begin your Friday the 13th marathon!
It’s a very fun time to be a Chucky fan! That little malevolent bastard is popular as ever it would seem. Fans are already anticipating an upcoming TV continuation of the current Chucky lore, while an unexpected Child’s Play remake is also in the works. How this is going to work is anyone’s guess right now. Not to mention the official Child’s Play 2 replica (by Trick or Treat Studios) proved to be a Kickstarter success – and believe me, I saw one of those things face to face and it looks entirely too real – allowing sickos and psychopaths to cuddle up with their very own Good Guy doll! If that doesn’t light your fire your wood’s wet.
Now, thanks to Fireblitz Games, it would seem we may also have a ‘Chucky’ game to look forward to. That’s right, my Nasties, you read that right. However, for now, it’s not being called Chucky, but just from a casual glance – thanks to this newly dropped teaser – we can easily see all the trademark signs of our favorite maniacal doll.
Sadly there’s not a whole lot known about this project and some are calling it a little sketchy. Originally the website offered more pics, some featuring models from the Bride of Chucky, or the stitched-faced Chucky, model. It’s also been claimed that the logo on his snazzy overalls which now reads “Cool Boys” originally said “Good Guys.” Not to mention, Charlie is wearing the familiar shirt, overalls, and by the maniac gods if that’s not Chucky’s face then I don’t know what is. This is Chucky in everything but name. It’s definitely something I want to know more about and it’s teased my curiosity.
This year games like Dead by Daylight and the massively successful Friday the 13th proved the high demand for horror films brought to video game formate. While we were all heartbroken to hear the sad news that halted all new content for any further Jason DLC, gamers are still piling into Camp Crystal Lake’s haunted woods to face off with the grueling might of Jason Voorhees. Meanwhile, Freddy, Michael Myers, Pigface (SAW) and Leatherface are playable denizens over at Dead by Daylight.
This is a new age of horror gaming! Where we the fans are finally given the chance to jump in and match our wits and wills against the dangers and awe of some of our most cherished horror franchises!
Child’s Play would seem like the perfect video game platform. Given what we learned from Friday the 13th – where players are allowed to step behind the fetid mask of Jason and stalk helpless campers to their messy demise – I would love to think we could become Chucky, oh I’m sorry, Charlie and hunt down random dipshits and sharpen our killing skills on their screaming faces.
Let’s get a properly liscenced Child’s Play game. Drop the Charlie bullshit and give us an authentic Chucky experience! Look at the titanic success other games are enjoying. Plus it would only help spread popularity in the property. It’s a clear win-win!
So here’s the teaser. Let us know what you think in the comments. Should this become a Chucky game? Would you be just as fine playing as Charlie?
Grab your retro metal trays and pull out the bean bag chair, because Funko is taking over Saturday mornings’ with the launch of these highly anticipated themed cereals with premium vinyl POP! figure prizes inside! And finally this month, they’ll be available for consumption! Or to be added to your unhealthy Funko collection as the ultimate precious, (I’m looking at you Dallas Price). Whatever the case may be, and who cares really?! Just give me ten boxes of Freddy-O’s, please!
Originally reported earlier this year, the Funko blog made the official announcement today as to when, where, and the first themed cereals to roll out via this holy matrimony of sugary goodness and cereal premiums- a long-lost custom that needs to return mind you.
PER FUNKO:
“In July, Mega Man FunkO’s will be available at GameStop, Cuphead & Mugman FunkO’s will be available at Hot Topic, Freddy FunkO’s will be available through Funko, Nightmare On Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger FunkO’s and Friday the 13th’s Jason FunkO’s will be available at FYE, and The Lord of the Rings FunkO’s featuring Gollum will be available at BoxLunch. Additional cereals will continue to be added throughout the year for your snacking pleasure.
And of course, to put the fun back in breakfast, each box contains a collectible prize, making the boxes as much fun to collect as they are to eat! You’ll find a collectible figure inside every box of FunkO’s, so you’re going to want two boxes – one to taste, and one to display on your shelf with your Pop! collection.”
