First up for the Grue-Crew is the unsurprisingly dull and quietly undemanding Wish Upon featuring The Conjuring‘s Joey King and Ryan Phillippe. The Grue-Crew rave about War for the Planet of the Apes praising the Matt Reeves, Andy Serkis, and the incredible achievements of Weta Digital. Dave launches into the Horror News of the Week with the devastating loss of the legendary George A. Romero and Academy Award winner Martin Landau.  Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week’s Stump the Saint!

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Horror News Radio
Episode 224 — Wish Upon (2017) — War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
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SHOW NOTES

INTRO [00:00:41]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:06:31]

1. RIP George A. Romero
2. RIP Martin Landau (Mission Impossible TV, Without Warning, Alone in the Dark, Ed Wood)
3. Female Dr. Who – Jodie Whittaker is Doctor #13!
4. Red band trailer debut for TCM prequel LEATHERFACE impresses some – pisses off others 
5. Tarantino set to direct a Manson flick

SUPPORT HNR [00:47:21]

• Patreon
• HNR & Gruesome Magazine T-Shirts
• Gruesome Magazine 2016 Yearbook
• Gruesome Magazine Sping 2017

FEATURE REVIEW [00:48:46]

• Wish Upon (2017)
• director: John R. Leonetti w/ script by Barbara Marshall
• cast: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee

ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:13:25]

• Gruesome Magazine has launched a quarterly print magazine
  • Gruesome Magazine Spring 2017
• Convention and Film Festival Appearances
  • Monster-Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ – Aug 18-20)
  • DRAGON CON (Atlanta, GA, September 1 – 4)
  • Genre Blast (Winchester, VA, September 8-10)
  • Wreak Havoc (Greensboro, NC, Sept 22-23)
  • Monsterama (Atlanta, GA, Sept 29-Oct 1)
  • Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)
  • Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [01:14:18]

• War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
• director: Matt Reeves w/ Mark Bomback
• cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn

STUMP THE SAINT [01:57:00]

FEEDBACK [02:03:44]

• Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast

NEXT WEEK

• Killing Ground and Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets