What’s the best way for a movie studio to celebrate Halloween? Drop a trailer for an upcoming slasher, of course.  And that’s what’s Sony did today for “Heart Eyes,” their Valentine’s Day slasher set to hit theaters on that holiday next year.

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And from the looks of the new red band teaser, “Heart Eyes” will supply all of the usual slasher standards: a masked killer stalking couples, chase scenes, and lots and lots of gore.  To be honest, this one looks halfway decent, or at least good enough for horror fans to overlook the fact that “My Bloody Valentine” (and its 2009 remake) did this concept over forty years ago.

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The relationship between horror production shingle Blumhouse and Prime Video seems like a big win-win for everyone. Prime Video gets content, Blumhouse gets paid, and the company, run by the canny Jason Blum, uses this deal wisely, often using it as an intelligent way to give voice to BIPOC and female filmmakers.

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They’ve already done their “Welcome To the Blumhouse” series, which did precisely that—horror movies told by many people of color and female writers/directors—and the trend seems to continue with their latest film, the slasher comedy, “Totally Killer.”

Starring “Mad Men” actress Kiernan Shipka, “Totally Killer” centers on an infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” who returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim.

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A worse teen crime drama than “Cruel Summer” would play to conventions and pit the high school archetypes such as the spoiled mean girl against the nerdy, innocent girl, with no real estate between them for character growth. But the new Freeform series, created by Bert V. Royal and produced by, among others, Jessica Biel and Max Winkler, discards stereotypes and tropes, at least those concerning character, in favor of a modernized portrayal of teenhood.

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The Bingeworthy™ Breakdown is an occasional look at new TV shows in a more casual format. An estimated 500 scripted seasons of TV will air in 2018, and to help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we’re going to give you the lowdown to help you work out whether it’s worth tuning in every week for them or waiting to binge later. 

It may be time for Marvel to throw in the towel when it comes to producing television shows, a domain, unlike the big screen, where they’ve consistently underwhelmed, beginning with the unbearably dull “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season one of “Daredevil” was fine and season two might’ve come out relatively unscathed had they pulled the plug on the Karen and Foggy characters (the “Punisher” introduction and those episodes are solid, no doubt). 

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