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The Horror! Dimension Picks Up 'Livid'; 'Dibbuk Box' Becomes 'The Possession' & 'Massacre' Adds 3

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 13, 2011 9:35 AM
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Here's some updates from the horror world to scare you silly or at least inform you.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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January 18, 2011 10:39 AM
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With the film already being eyed for Halloween season release we suppose it's about time the cast started getting together for the Ghost House produced horror pic "Dibbuk Box." Last week, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast in the pic and now Deadline reports that "The Closer" star Kyra Sedgwick has come aboard. She and Morgan will play a divorced couple "whose youngest child becomes strangely attached to an antique wooden box purchased at a yard sale. The girl's behavior becomes erratic and her divorced parents get the carvings on the box deciphered and find the box contains a spirit bent on devouring its human host." So yeah, might want to rethink those trips to the flea market.

By Gabe Toro
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January 14, 2011 3:09 AM
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Sleepy-eyed Jeffrey Dean Morgan has signed on to open the "Dibbuk Box." The horror film, slated for a Halloween 2011 release, will showcase Morgan as "a recently divorced father whose youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As his daughter's behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk -- a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host." Based on a true story, the real life dibbuk box is said to contain a vengeful Jewish spirit and has reportedly haunted all of the box's owners. We're guessing the movie takes great liberty with this legend, as the box has reportedly only been responsible for minor spooky happenings. It just wouldn't be all that compelling if someone's hair were to fall out, as it happened in real life.