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The movie-making business is a fickle one, with projects oftentimes appearing one day, then completely disappearing the next. There are so many factors that go into making a movie that it's quite frankly a miracle so many movies actually do end up getting made. But what about the ones that are planned and announced, but never actually materialize? There are a whole lot of them, and today we take a look at a handful of horror movie sequels that found themselves stuck in the dreaded Development Hell.   Before the Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon     One of the most frustrating stories in recent years within the horror genre is the story of the sequel to 2006's utterly brilliant cult classic Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon... a follow-up that, for whatever reason, just can't seem to get off the ground. Described as a "spreemake," meaning a sequel, prequel...

For those of you that are fans of the 1980 seminal "slasher" cult classic 'Maniac,' we've got a treat for you. Not only are we streaming the original 'Maniac' on our website for free this weekend to celebrate the release of the new remake, we've got a brand new video interview with William Lustig, the director of the original giving us all of his thoughts on the new 'Maniac'! The new reimagining comes from director Franck Khalfoun ('P2') and producers/writers Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur ('High Tension') and stars the unlikely yet inspiring casting choice of Elijah Wood as the title character. The film has been garnering great critical praise over the course of the last several months, including here on FEARnet where Scott Weinberg reviewed it. In this new interview embedded below, Lustig discusses the key differences between the new film and his own,...