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“Friday the 13th” Fan Film “Never Hike in the Snow” Announces Trailer and Final Call for IndieGoGo Campaign

Womp Stomp Films has released a trailer for its next Friday the 13th fan film project, Never Hike in the Snow. The film is set for release on YouTube on October 13th, but the IndieGoGo crowdfunding project for the film also offers supporters an opportunity to get their name in the credits and to preorder a first edition Never Hike in the Snow Blu-Ray, set for release on December 1st. Following is the official press release. The team at Womp Stomp Films is excited to release the official trailer for Never Hike in the Snow, the prequel to 2017’s mega hit Friday the 13th fan film, Never Hike Alone. Never Hike in the Snow is a prequel set three months prior to the events of Never Hike Alone. The film follows the events surrounding the strange disappearance of Mark Hill (Courtlan Gordon), a young resident of Crystal Lake who went for a hike in the dead of winter and never

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Joseph Perry
Sep 10, 2020
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Witness ‘Mass Hysteria’ In This Halloween Horror Comedy’s Trailer

Emerging genre distributor The Horror Collective announced today on Collider that it will be releasing Jeff Ryan and Arielle Cimino’s Halloween-theme horror-comedy Mass Hysteria this October. When a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day witch hunt. With the low-key charm of Shaun of the Dead and the sophisticated sarcasm of What We do in the Shadows, Mass Hysteria is a dark comedy that conquers the horror of the Salem Witch Trials by juxtaposing it with the 2020 Covid pandemic and a funny, satirical story. Jeff Ryan (“Orange Is the New Black”), Charlie Pollock (“The Good Wife”), Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham”), Louis Cancelmi (“Billions”), Destry Allyn (I Know This Much Is True), Scott Swayze (Brooklyn Moving Company), and Geena Santiago (YouthMin) star in Mass Hysteria, arriving October 1st on VOD. Pre-order your copy of the blood-drenched, laugh-out-loud horror-comedy now!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Sci-Fi Horror ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of September Release

The honeymoon phase is meant to be one of the best times in a marriage, but sometimes, things go terribly wrong. That’s the case in writer-director Phillip G. Carroll Jr.‘s The Honeymoon Phase. “Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is. A paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic “Twilight Zone” as contemporary “Black Mirror”, and an all-too-terrifying answer to the question, “How

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Movie Review: Death of a Vlogger (2019)

YouTube vlogger Graham (Graham Hughes, who also wrote and directed this putrid picture) is having a bit of a slump, as his ha-ha vids are pretty much tits up as far as his viewership is concerned. Lucky for him, he captures one of those paranormal events that are all the rage with blonde women between the ages of 23 and 47, and broadcasts it for all of the world to see! Graham continues to record his eerie existence, but while most vicious viewers eat this supernatural shit up with a sinister spoon, there are those that find Graham’s new material a lil’ bit hard to swallow and set off to prove that this new arcane approach is a load of bollox! Comprised of a heady blend of found footage and faux documentary, Death of a Vlogger presents the full spectrum of paranormal activity, to those that desire to debunk said events… and all points in-between, in a fantastically immersive bit

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DanXIII
Sep 10, 2020
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‘The Suicide Of Rachel Foster’ Is If ‘Firewatch’ Took Place At The Overlook Hotel

A big thank you to ONE-O-ONE Games and Daedalic Entertainment for hooking me up with a copy of their thrilling atmospheric mystery, The Suicide of Rachel Foster. Warning, there are spoilers ahead. Onto the game itself, you take on the role of a woman named Nichole who just inherited her late father’s motel located in the mountains of Wyoming. While looking over the property for her lawyer, she becomes trapped due to a snow storm and her only connection to the outside is a cell phone connecting her to a FEMA agent named Irving. While stuck in the hotel, Nichole starts to experience strange events that that centers around the suicide of a teen girl connected to the hotel and Nichole’s past. When it comes to the game’s controls, there’s no tutorial really, but luckily there’s not really a whole lot you need to remember. The game advises that you use headphones and I’ll admit, it’s worth it! The voice

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Capt McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Ghost Ship (2002)

Back in 1962, pleasure cruise ship the Antonia Graza has nearly it’s entire occupancy scissored in two by a seemingly freak accident involving a broken cable. Flash forward to the modern age, and a group of rough n’ tumble salvagers lead by the no-bullshit Murphy (Gabriel Byrne) catch wind of the ship just floatin’ out on the Bearing Sea just waiting to be plundered! Once on board, our heroes soon find they are up to their assholes in supernatural goings-on, and the ghosts that now inhabit the vessel are none-to-eager to give up their secrets! While the story isn’t going to set the wicked world ablaze with it’s originality (though credit where credit is due, the sequence where we discover the truth behind the ghost ship is top-notch indeed), Ghost Ship has plenty of things in it’s favor. Chief among them is the absolutely top-notch set design, with the titular location being fully realized, and completely (and fittingly) off-putting with

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Dahmer (2002)

Remember when mother fuckin’ Hawkeye played (literal) man-eater Jeffrey Dahmer? Yeah, me freakin’ either… but he did, so here we are! The long and the short of Dahmer goes as follows: going out of his way to prove he’s no Willy fuckin’ Wonka, chocolate factory worker Jeffrey Dahmer (Jeremy Renner) prowls Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for young male victims to turn into brain dead (and eventually dead dead) sexual playthings. Along the way, he reminisces about earlier murder biz, and his relationship with his pappy (Willard himself, Bruce Davison) who thinks something is off about his boy, but isn’t sure just what. It’s non-stop spills and thrills as we learn just what this serial killin’ scamp was up to before his ass got thrown in the hole forever and a day… Besides boasting a gritty, almost grindhouse style (in terms of aesthetic if not on screen carnage) the main draw to this flick is the performance of Renner who manages to make

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DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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‘Beast Within’ Has Been Unleashed

Directors Chris Green and Steven Morana have now unleashed Beast Within on VOD and Digital. Starring Morana, Holly Deveaux, Ari Millen, and Colm Feore, the film centers on “August, a lead gaming developer is looking forward to finally meeting his online girlfriend, Cheyenne, at a launch party for his new gaming app ‘Werewolves Awaken’. They plan to meet at the VIP event, which is being hosted by an eccentric billionaire at his country estate. However, the festivities are interrupted by a priest who condemns the party guests as “marked for the beast.” Convinced it’s a publicity stunt, the party-goers disregard the protest until a dead body is discovered. August and Cheyenne, along with the remaining guests, become players in a deadly version of the game. Tensions and body counts begin to rise as all question who among themselves could be the ferocious killer – as everyone is a suspect.” Beast Within made its world premiere at the 2019 Lusca Fantastic

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

How Bingo’s Relationship With Pop Culture Has Allowed It To Thrive Online

The classic game of bingo has been around for generations but it has never been more popular and is played particularly widely online. The perhaps surprising relationship bingo has with popular culture – particularly themes and, within that, the horror theme – has allowed it to maintain its relevance and remain a contemporary touchstone of the online gaming sphere. Here we look at the mutual inspiration taken by popular forms of media and the timeless game of bingo. Portrayals of bingo in TV <iframe src=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/447741122042405/photos/a.447987095351141/468920566591127/?type=3&width=500 width=500 height=510 style=border:none;overflow:hidden scrolling=no frameborder=0 allowTransparency=true allow=encrypted-media allowFullScreen=false></iframe> Bingo has played an integral role in key scenes of the critically acclaimed series ‘Better Call Saul.’ The series follows the titular character of Saul Goodman, in a prequel spin-off of the iconic ‘Breaking Bad,’ as he transforms from a by-the-book lawyer Jimmy McGill into a devious crook. Following a heated argument with his brother, Jimmy’s previously repressed anger about their relationship comes to the boil whilst

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Sep 9, 2020

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“Friday the 13th” Fan Film “Never Hike in the Snow” Announces Trailer and Final Call for IndieGoGo Campaign

Womp Stomp Films has released a trailer for its next Friday the 13th fan film project, Never Hike in the Snow. The film is set for release on YouTube on October 13th, but the IndieGoGo crowdfunding project for the film also offers supporters an opportunity to get their name in the credits and to preorder a first edition Never Hike in the Snow Blu-Ray, set for release on December 1st. Following is the official press release. The team at Womp Stomp Films is excited to release the official trailer for Never Hike in the Snow, the prequel to 2017’s mega hit Friday the 13th fan film, Never Hike Alone. Never Hike in the Snow is a prequel set three months prior to the events of Never Hike Alone. The film follows the events surrounding the strange disappearance of Mark Hill (Courtlan Gordon), a young resident of Crystal Lake who went for a hike in the dead of winter and never

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 10, 2020
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Witness ‘Mass Hysteria’ In This Halloween Horror Comedy’s Trailer

Emerging genre distributor The Horror Collective announced today on Collider that it will be releasing Jeff Ryan and Arielle Cimino’s Halloween-theme horror-comedy Mass Hysteria this October. When a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day witch hunt. With the low-key charm of Shaun of the Dead and the sophisticated sarcasm of What We do in the Shadows, Mass Hysteria is a dark comedy that conquers the horror of the Salem Witch Trials by juxtaposing it with the 2020 Covid pandemic and a funny, satirical story. Jeff Ryan (“Orange Is the New Black”), Charlie Pollock (“The Good Wife”), Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham”), Louis Cancelmi (“Billions”), Destry Allyn (I Know This Much Is True), Scott Swayze (Brooklyn Moving Company), and Geena Santiago (YouthMin) star in Mass Hysteria, arriving October 1st on VOD. Pre-order your copy of the blood-drenched, laugh-out-loud horror-comedy now!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Sci-Fi Horror ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of September Release

The honeymoon phase is meant to be one of the best times in a marriage, but sometimes, things go terribly wrong. That’s the case in writer-director Phillip G. Carroll Jr.‘s The Honeymoon Phase. “Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is. A paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic “Twilight Zone” as contemporary “Black Mirror”, and an all-too-terrifying answer to the question, “How

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Movie Review: Death of a Vlogger (2019)

YouTube vlogger Graham (Graham Hughes, who also wrote and directed this putrid picture) is having a bit of a slump, as his ha-ha vids are pretty much tits up as far as his viewership is concerned. Lucky for him, he captures one of those paranormal events that are all the rage with blonde women between the ages of 23 and 47, and broadcasts it for all of the world to see! Graham continues to record his eerie existence, but while most vicious viewers eat this supernatural shit up with a sinister spoon, there are those that find Graham’s new material a lil’ bit hard to swallow and set off to prove that this new arcane approach is a load of bollox! Comprised of a heady blend of found footage and faux documentary, Death of a Vlogger presents the full spectrum of paranormal activity, to those that desire to debunk said events… and all points in-between, in a fantastically immersive bit

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 10, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘The Suicide Of Rachel Foster’ Is If ‘Firewatch’ Took Place At The Overlook Hotel

A big thank you to ONE-O-ONE Games and Daedalic Entertainment for hooking me up with a copy of their thrilling atmospheric mystery, The Suicide of Rachel Foster. Warning, there are spoilers ahead. Onto the game itself, you take on the role of a woman named Nichole who just inherited her late father’s motel located in the mountains of Wyoming. While looking over the property for her lawyer, she becomes trapped due to a snow storm and her only connection to the outside is a cell phone connecting her to a FEMA agent named Irving. While stuck in the hotel, Nichole starts to experience strange events that that centers around the suicide of a teen girl connected to the hotel and Nichole’s past. When it comes to the game’s controls, there’s no tutorial really, but luckily there’s not really a whole lot you need to remember. The game advises that you use headphones and I’ll admit, it’s worth it! The voice

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 10, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Ghost Ship (2002)

Back in 1962, pleasure cruise ship the Antonia Graza has nearly it’s entire occupancy scissored in two by a seemingly freak accident involving a broken cable. Flash forward to the modern age, and a group of rough n’ tumble salvagers lead by the no-bullshit Murphy (Gabriel Byrne) catch wind of the ship just floatin’ out on the Bearing Sea just waiting to be plundered! Once on board, our heroes soon find they are up to their assholes in supernatural goings-on, and the ghosts that now inhabit the vessel are none-to-eager to give up their secrets! While the story isn’t going to set the wicked world ablaze with it’s originality (though credit where credit is due, the sequence where we discover the truth behind the ghost ship is top-notch indeed), Ghost Ship has plenty of things in it’s favor. Chief among them is the absolutely top-notch set design, with the titular location being fully realized, and completely (and fittingly) off-putting with

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Dahmer (2002)

Remember when mother fuckin’ Hawkeye played (literal) man-eater Jeffrey Dahmer? Yeah, me freakin’ either… but he did, so here we are! The long and the short of Dahmer goes as follows: going out of his way to prove he’s no Willy fuckin’ Wonka, chocolate factory worker Jeffrey Dahmer (Jeremy Renner) prowls Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for young male victims to turn into brain dead (and eventually dead dead) sexual playthings. Along the way, he reminisces about earlier murder biz, and his relationship with his pappy (Willard himself, Bruce Davison) who thinks something is off about his boy, but isn’t sure just what. It’s non-stop spills and thrills as we learn just what this serial killin’ scamp was up to before his ass got thrown in the hole forever and a day… Besides boasting a gritty, almost grindhouse style (in terms of aesthetic if not on screen carnage) the main draw to this flick is the performance of Renner who manages to make

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
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A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Beast Within’ Has Been Unleashed

Directors Chris Green and Steven Morana have now unleashed Beast Within on VOD and Digital. Starring Morana, Holly Deveaux, Ari Millen, and Colm Feore, the film centers on “August, a lead gaming developer is looking forward to finally meeting his online girlfriend, Cheyenne, at a launch party for his new gaming app ‘Werewolves Awaken’. They plan to meet at the VIP event, which is being hosted by an eccentric billionaire at his country estate. However, the festivities are interrupted by a priest who condemns the party guests as “marked for the beast.” Convinced it’s a publicity stunt, the party-goers disregard the protest until a dead body is discovered. August and Cheyenne, along with the remaining guests, become players in a deadly version of the game. Tensions and body counts begin to rise as all question who among themselves could be the ferocious killer – as everyone is a suspect.” Beast Within made its world premiere at the 2019 Lusca Fantastic

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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How Bingo’s Relationship With Pop Culture Has Allowed It To Thrive Online

The classic game of bingo has been around for generations but it has never been more popular and is played particularly widely online. The perhaps surprising relationship bingo has with popular culture – particularly themes and, within that, the horror theme – has allowed it to maintain its relevance and remain a contemporary touchstone of the online gaming sphere. Here we look at the mutual inspiration taken by popular forms of media and the timeless game of bingo. Portrayals of bingo in TV <iframe src=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/447741122042405/photos/a.447987095351141/468920566591127/?type=3&width=500 width=500 height=510 style=border:none;overflow:hidden scrolling=no frameborder=0 allowTransparency=true allow=encrypted-media allowFullScreen=false></iframe> Bingo has played an integral role in key scenes of the critically acclaimed series ‘Better Call Saul.’ The series follows the titular character of Saul Goodman, in a prequel spin-off of the iconic ‘Breaking Bad,’ as he transforms from a by-the-book lawyer Jimmy McGill into a devious crook. Following a heated argument with his brother, Jimmy’s previously repressed anger about their relationship comes to the boil whilst

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Sep 9, 2020
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