• Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.
• Writer-director Bill Watterson’s feature debut ‘Dave Made A Maze’ is a genially offbeat slacker comedy.
• Full of chills, Ouija: Origin of Evil is a frightful and disturbing horror film. The story follows a single mother in the late '60s who runs a séance business with.
• To some, Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a yoga teacher with a penchant for plastic surgery. To others, she was the evil leader of The Family -- an apocalyptic cult with.
• · WARNING: This article contains spoilers from the latest episode of American Horror Story: Cult. Read at your own risk! One of the most surprising twists on.
• Arriving October 3rd from Universal Home Entertainment is the seventh film in the Child’s Play franchise, Cult of Chucky, which takes place in a mental hospital.
• Between American Horror Story: Cult (premiering tonight) and the new It (out Friday), there seems to be an epidemic of scary clowns going on in pop culture right now.
• Lost Highway is your source for weekly reviews of b-movies and cult films ranging from sci-fi and horror to the downright weird and bizarre. Enjoy the journey.

Mark Hamill Wants to Play Evil Luke Skywalker. Mark Hamill was hoping to play Luke Skywalker’s evil twin in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Hamill has been known as the man behind Luke Skywalker for 4.

After playing the golden boy hero in the original Star Wars trilogy, Hamill continued to work steadily, both in voiceover and onscreen. No matter what other roles he played however, he was forever recognized as the farm boy who became a Jedi Knight. So when he signed on to return to the franchise, fans were understandably excited. But Hamill’s return to Star Wars was not exactly what most people expected. While General Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca all played significant roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the movie’s plot focused on how Luke Skywalker had vanished without a trace years earlier, and both his friends and his enemies were searching for him. He did appear in the final moments of the film, discovered by Rey. But before Luke could speak a single word to the young woman trying to return his lightsaber, the credits began to roll.

It’s been almost two years, with fans still waiting to hear what Luke has to say about his life since Return of the Jedi. Recently, Hamill spoke to Empire about what story he wanted to play in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. While the magazine will not be out until tomorrow, Movieweb has gotten the inside scoop on exactly what Hamill had in mind: “Oh baby, would I love to play my own evil twin! It’d be great because you could maybe not reveal it’s Evil Luke until the real Luke shows up. We could watch this guy undermining the good guys secretly, maybe even killing a supporting character out of everyone’s sight so they all go, ‘What’s going on?

He’s crazy!’ And then, of course, the good Luke shows up.”Of course, there are some technical difficulties with Luke having an evil twin. Mainly that Luke Skywalker already has a twin – Leia. An evil triplet might be possible, if not for the fact that Luke and Leia’s birth was shown in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and there was no third baby born – nor was the custody of a third child discussed when Basil Organa took custody of Leia and Obi- Wan Kenobi offered to bring Luke to his Aunt and Uncle on Tatooine. An evil clone of Luke might be possible – though that story was already told in the 1. The Last Command by Timothy Zahn. This idea of Evil Luke should come as no surprise to fans of Hamill, since he has quite a bit of history playing the bad guy.

He’s been voicing The Joker in various Batman cartoons and videogames for decades, and also plays The Trickster on The Flash – a role he originated in the ’9. Nor is this the first time that Hamill has come up with a storyline for Luke Skywalker that is not used. He initially wanted Luke to come into The Force Awakens much earlier, so that he and Leia could have been present when Han Solo died. Still, it is finally time for Luke’s story to be told in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And while it may not be the story that Hamill thought up, hopefully it will be one that was well worth the wait. Source: Empire [via Movieweb]Key Release Dates.

Star Wars 8/Star Wars: The Last Jedi release date: Dec 1. Solo: A Star Wars Story release date: May 2. Star Wars 9 / Star Wars: Episode IX release date: Dec 2.

Mark Hamill wanted to play an evil version of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, though he also wanted good Luke to show up.

The Family: Stories from inside the cult led by self- proclaimed mystic Anne Hamilton- Byrne. To some, Anne Hamilton- Byrne was a yoga teacher with a penchant for plastic surgery. To others, she was the evil leader of The Family - - an apocalyptic cultwith about 5. Some were the children of cult members, others were newborns that came from unwed mother tricked into thinking their babies were going to good homes, a few were out and out stolen, investigators say.

Now, some of those children are speaking out about Hamilton- Byrne's attempt to build a perfect race through a collection of children - - some of whom were forced to have their hair bleached blonde, were home- schooled on an isolated property, and were injected with LSD as part of an initiation ritual. The harsh treatment was carried out by some of the women known as "Aunties," loyal cult members who lived with and taught the children. The children believed they were brothers and sisters and thought Anne and Bill Hamilton- Byrne were their parents until they were rescued by police and the cult was broken up."The Family" is also the story of the incredible determination of a detective in Australia and an agent at the FBI who joined forces to bring the Hamilton- Byrnes before a judge.

My whole life was wrapped up in this investigation," says Lex de Man, a former detective with the Victoria Police Department in Melbourne, Australia. He tells "4. 8 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant, "She is the most evil person that I've ever met."In the Catskills region of New York State, Lex de Man is far from home. He is here to retrace the steps of the biggest case of his career - - hunting down a dangerous fugitive cult leader.

Lex de Man: It's incredible, absolutely incredible that I'm standing here … unbelievable feeling. Former Det. Lex de Man and Peter Van Sant. Watch Ana Maria In Novela Land Streaming. It's incredible, absolutely incredible that I'm standing here … unbelievable feeling," said de Man.

CBS News. Peter Van Sant: Lex, for a man who has been emotionally as well as professionally involved in this case for so many years, to see this house for the first time, what has this day been like for you? Lex de Man It's been a tough day. Innocent victims - - children who had no choice - - and true believers who de Man says fell under the spell of Anne Hamilton- Byrne, a one- time yoga teacher- turned- cult leader who convinced followers she was the female reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Anne Hamilton- Byrne sermon:  If you would learn how to tread the path of attainment, you must go to the one who has successfully passed through it.

Her cult was known simply as The Family. Peter Van Sant: The Family still lives.

Lex de Man: Well, even today, The Family still lives in Australia. It still exists. There are still followers. Now, some of the cult's children are telling their stories of what life was like inside The Family's fenced- in compound in Australia with its leader Anne Hamilton- Byrne. Anne Hamilton- Byrne sermon:  It is possible to make contact with the secret source of life, of the most high. Anne Hamilton- Byrne At the core of that life were Hamilton- Byrne's mystical teachings.

Each week, hundreds of her followers gathered at a lodge to worship Anne. Anne Hamilton- Byrne sermon:  We get ready to enter the next universe. Adam Lancaster: Under the influence of LSD, she had this vision that she's got to collect all these children from birth.

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Dave Whitaker: Because the end of the world was coming. Adam Lancaster: Most of the population of the world's going to perish … She was preparing us … to re- educate the world. What's left of it. Adam Lancaster grew up in the cult. Dave Whitaker had parents who were senior cult members. Dave Whitaker: Only one rule - - do absolutely everything she tells you. Anne Hamilton- Byrne TV interview: "I wanted them to look like brothers and sisters, I must admit this.

I love them in their little smocks and jeans. The long hair and ribbons, it was beautiful."There were 2. They only learned the truth of their lives much later. Sarah Moore: The cult doctor arranged for my biological mother to be … drugged and made to sign an adoption form. Sarah Moore, who had believed Anne Hamilton- Byrne was her birth mother, only learned the truth when she was an adult.

Sarah Moore: During my birth a pillow was put over her head, she was given major tranquilizers and as soon as I was born I was taken away instantly. She wasn't even allowed to see - - look at me. Anne Hamilton- Byrne did have one child of her own; a daughter, who was a young adult by the time Hamilton- Byrne started her cult. Later on, when Anne was in her 5.

She once told a young Dave Whitaker that she'd given birth to triplets. She's not somebody you argue with," Dave Whitaker said of Anne Hamilton- Byrne. Church Street Films. Dave Whitaker: She's just looked me straight in the face and said, "I had these three children" and I'm thinking, "You didn't have those three children. You must think I'm a bloody idiot to tell me that." [Laughs] But I just said, "Oh yes, OK," agreed with her.

She's not somebody you argue with. The children who were adopted by Anne were all given the last name of Hamilton- Byrne and believed they were brothers and sisters. Anne even groomed them to resemble one another. Sarah Moore: I think she simply set about it as a project. You know, I'll collect as many kids as I can …  Once she became the leader of the cult I think she could get whatever she wanted, I think one thing that she wanted was lots of little children.

Adam Lancaster:  We all did look the same. We all had blonde, bleached hair. Not all of us. Some had red hair … because Auntie Anne was actually naturally a red headed [sic]. Steve Eichel, a psychologist and an internationally recognized cult expert, says at its peak, The Family had branches in the United States and in multiple countries in the world. Steve Eichel: Anne Hamilton- Byrne was the leader of what we would call a hybrid new age cult.

Children of The Family. Peter Van Sant: I wanted to show a couple of pictures from The Family. How about this one? Steve Eichel: That's a really harrowing picture. Steve Eichel: To me that represents children who are clearly being controlled who are having their individual identities destroyed. The average person though … would think, "What lovely children. How could this group possibly be evil?"The cult's home movies made it seem like a paradise, but Sarah Moore and Anouree Treena- Byrne say they were carefully orchestrated.

Sarah Moore: …she'd sometimes brush our hair herself … or put us in curlers the night before the photographs and stuff were to be taken. Anouree Treena- Byrne:  So much effort to get that scene on film. Why wouldn't you want to be part of this? It looks idyllic - - mmm.

Peter Van Sant: In some ways, this is like a marketing campaign? Steve Eichel: It's absolutely a marketing campaign. Leeanne Creese: Anne showed them to her followers … showing off to the world that she's normal with lots of children - - lots of happy children. Happy children with beautiful singing voices.

Hamilton- Byrne - - who would never be mistaken for Julie Andrews - - nonetheless dreamed her children could one day become Australia's version of the Von Trapp family from the film "The Sound of Music."Adam Lancaster: We were brought up that we've had many millions of lives. And Auntie Anne promised us that this was our last life if we stood by her.