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Kelli Marchman McNeely is the owner and editor of HorrorFuel.com. She has long had a love for the horror genre since she saw her first horror movie, Friday the 13th at the age of nine. She also serves as an executive producer for films like 13 Slays till X-Mas.

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Black Magic And Murder: 'The Breach' Conjures A Release Date

Black Magic And Murder: ‘The Breach’ Conjures A Release Date

Trinity Creative Partnership and Raven Banner have just announced the release of the gory, cosmic horror The Breach. The adaptation of Nick Cutter’s (The Troop) horror novel is directed by Rue Morgue founder Rodrigo Gudiño (The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh) and follows John Hawkins, who is in his last days as Chief of Police in the tiny town of Lone Crow, deep in the woods of Northern Ontario. But when a mangled body with strange wounds is found on the shores of the Porcupine River, he’s pulled into a horrific mystery filled with black magic. Featuring music by Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Slash, who also served as an Executive Produce, The Breach stars Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), Emily Alatalo (Spare Parts), Natalie Brown (“The Strain,” “Dark Matter”), Mary Antonini (Revenge Delivered), Wesley French (“Vikings,” Tribal), Adam Kenneth Wilson (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Shadow Hunters) and with a special cameo from Alex Lifeson, lead

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 14, 2023
VUDU Celebrates Premiere Of 'Beau Is Afraid' By Releasing New Clip

VUDU Celebrates Premiere Of ‘Beau Is Afraid’ By Releasing New Clip

A24 and writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) have teamed up again for the unnerving film Beau Is Afraid, out today on VUDU. To celebrate, VUDU has released a new exclusive scene which you can watch below. Originally titled Disappointment Blvd., the movie stars Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix as a mild-mannered anxiety-ridden man who following the sudden death of his mother, confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. The film co-stars Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune), Denis Ménochet (The French Dispatch), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Hayley Squires (In the Earth), and Zoe Lister-Jones (the director of The Craft: Legacy). Nathan Lane (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”), Patti LuPone (“Hollywood”), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”) also star. Aster and Lars Knudsen are producing for Square Peg.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2023
Lego Conjures "Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage" Kit

Lego Conjures “Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage” Kit

It doesn’t matter if you are a kid or a grown-ass adult. Legos are and always will be awesome. Over the past few years, the building block company has been releasing some killer complex adult kits. Following the news that Hocus Pocus 3 is brewing, Legos has announced their upcoming kit based on the iconic cottage home of the Sanderson Sisters, which features over 2,000 pieces. The Lego Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage is designed with older audiences in mind. The kit includes the sisters, Max, Danni, Allison, and Thackery Binx the cat, as well as easter eggs from the original film. The building can be displayed as either the Sandersons’ cottage or the Sanderson Witch Museum by adding signs, a cash register, and rope barriers. And the roof opens up to reveal the interior of the cottage/museum. If you are a VIP member, you can get yours on July 1, 2023. Everyone else can order theirs on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2023
'Caddy Hack' Slashes Its Way Onto Blu-Ray This October

Caddy Shack Meets Gremlins: Trailer For Horror-Comedy ‘Caddy Hack’ Is Out

Sometimes, there is just nothing better than a cheesy horror movie. If that’s what you are looking for, we’ve got one you need to check out, Anthony Catanese’s Caddy Hack. In the film, which Catanese wrote and directed, a struggling golf course suffers a string of caddy murders at the paws of pesticide-mutated gofers while the greedy owner of the facility tries to cover up the carnage and unhinged groundkeeper wages all-out war on the vicious vermin. Jim Gordon, Jake Foy, Chrissy Cavallo, Nick Twist, Ilene Sullivan, and John Evans are among the cast of the crazy horror-comedy best described as Caddyshack meets Gremlins. Catanese, the cult indie director of Girls Just Wanna Have Blood and Sodomaniac, produced alongside Sara Casey, Scott Miller, Jim Gordon, Joseph Kuzemka, and Rob Hauschild. Caddy Hack will premiere at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle theater in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, on August 11, 2023, before coming to digital, Blu Ray and DVD this October from Wild Eye

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2023
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"Yellowjackets" Star Joins 'Companion' From The Director Of 'Barbarian'

“Yellowjackets” Star Joins ‘Companion’ From The Director Of ‘Barbarian’

Sophie Thatcher, the breakout star of the dark and fantastic series “Yellowjackets,” has joined the cast of the upcoming horror Companion, THR reports. Last reported, Jack Quaid (Scream) had joined the cast alongside Harvey Guillén (“What We Do in the Shadows”), Lukas Gage (You), and Megan Suri (It Lives Inside). Drew Hancock is making their directorial debut. Hancock also penned the script for the film, described as both sci-fi and horror, though the plot details are currently being kept quiet. But we’ll keep you posted. Barbarian director Zach Cregger is producing, as is BoulderLight’s Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, and Vertigo’s Roy Lee. BoulderLight’s Tracy Rosenblum and Vertigo’s Andrew Childs are executive producing. In the meantime, you can watch Sophie Thatcher now in the first two seasons of “Yellowjackets” on Hulu and Showtime. The series sees a girls’ high school soccer team plane crash, and the survivors fight to survive the elements and each other. The fight continues as they reunite

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Three Horror Icons Sink Their Teeth Into 'Love Bites' - Produced By Cher & Chaz Bono

Three Horror Icons Sink Their Teeth Into ‘Love Bites’ – Produced By Cher & Chaz Bono

Spider One (Bury the Bride) is in the director’s chair for Little Bites, produced by mother and son Cher and Chaz Bono. THR broke the news, announcing that the film will star horror icons Heather Langenkamp (Nightmare On Elm Street), Barbara Crampton (Re-animator), and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun). Bury the Bride actress Krsy Fox will also star alongside Elizabeth Caro and Jon Sklaroff in the film. Little Bites, which begins production later this month, centers on Mindy (Fox), a young widow and mother who tries to protect her daughter Alice (Elizabeth Caro) from a flesh-eating monster named Agyar (Jon Sklaroff). Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s house. Spider One and Fox’s OneFox Productions will produce the film along with Cher and Chaz Bono. “This film serves as a dark metaphor for parenthood and protecting your children at all costs. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Friends Fight To Survive A Cult In The Horror-Comedy 'Scream Therapy' (Trailer)

Friends Fight To Survive A Cult In The Horror-Comedy ‘Scream Therapy’ (Trailer)

Writer-director Cassie Keet makes her feature debut with the horror-comedy Scream Therapy, about a cathartic girl’s trip to the desert that turns deadly when they run into some demon-worshipping incels on the hunt for a human sacrifice. “After Avery (Harley Bronwyn) breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years when he expresses no plans for marriage in the future, her best friends Nora (Claire Dellamar), Dylan (Mandie Cheung), Marybeth (Geri Courtney-Austein), and Gillian (Rochelle Anderson) whisk her away to the Wonder Valley desert for a weekend of drinking, drugs, and restorative scream therapy. Their vacation takes a sharp turn when they cross paths with Jeremiah (Brian Flaccus) and Zachariah (Skyler Bible), demon-worshiping incels who are on a very pressing human sacrifice deadline. When the ritual goes horribly wrong, the ladies are left with two choices: find sacrifices of their own or have their souls ripped out when the sun rises. With only hours to complete an impossible task, the best

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Fresh Meat Is Delivered In New "The Horror Of Dolores Roach" Clip

Trailer Debuts For Prime Series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” Ahead Of July Premiere

Today, Prime Video has released the official trailer for the highly anticipated new series “The Horror of Dolores Roach.” Starring Justina Machado, “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name and is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. In the series, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights. Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive. The series also stars Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman. Originally created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman play, Empanada Loca, Mark created, wrote, and directed the original podcast and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
'John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando' Gets A Killer Game Trailer

‘John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando’ Gets A Killer Game Trailer

Horror icon John Carpenter is bringing fans a new game, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando. The first trailer, which looks damn good, is out and features characters fighting hordes of hungry zombies with Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name” blaring in the background. In the first-person shooter, players must set out to kill the Sludge God, an evil creature that turns people into zombies. “It’s exciting to be collaborating on a new video game with Focus and Saber.” Carpenter said in a statement. “Look, I really like shooting zombies. They keep telling me that they’re called ’the infected.’ Please. They’re ghouls, dude. They blow up real good and there are a ton of them. People are going to love this game. Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits added: “We’re excited to partner with our friends at Focus again and thrilled to collaborate with the legendary John Carpenter on this project.” Willits continued, “His unique vision, unparalleled expertise in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Blumhouse Holding Giveaway Today To Celebrate 'The Horror Of Dolores Roach'

Blumhouse Holding Giveaway Today To Celebrate ‘The Horror Of Dolores Roach’

To celebrate the upcoming trailer premiere for the new Amazon Original Series The Horror of Dolores Roach, Blumhouse is counting down with a series of giveaways! Every three hours, the time it took the show’s food stylist, Rossy Earl, to make a batch of empanadas -will be asked to answer a question for the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes, including a catered empanada meal, $100 massage gift cards, scented candles, chef essentials, Blumhouse merch and more! The giveaway kicks off on Sunday, July 11, at 8:30 am PT/ 11:30 ET. Check Blumhouse’s social media channels for announcements and updates on The Horror of Dolores Roach countdown to the trailer drop. Follow Blumhouse on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to enter. Also follow the series to stay updated. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2023

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Black Magic And Murder: 'The Breach' Conjures A Release Date

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Trinity Creative Partnership and Raven Banner have just announced the release of the gory, cosmic horror The Breach. The adaptation of Nick Cutter’s (The Troop) horror novel is directed by Rue Morgue founder Rodrigo Gudiño (The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh) and follows John Hawkins, who is in his last days as Chief of Police in the tiny town of Lone Crow, deep in the woods of Northern Ontario. But when a mangled body with strange wounds is found on the shores of the Porcupine River, he’s pulled into a horrific mystery filled with black magic. Featuring music by Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Slash, who also served as an Executive Produce, The Breach stars Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), Emily Alatalo (Spare Parts), Natalie Brown (“The Strain,” “Dark Matter”), Mary Antonini (Revenge Delivered), Wesley French (“Vikings,” Tribal), Adam Kenneth Wilson (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Shadow Hunters) and with a special cameo from Alex Lifeson, lead

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VUDU Celebrates Premiere Of 'Beau Is Afraid' By Releasing New Clip

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A24 and writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) have teamed up again for the unnerving film Beau Is Afraid, out today on VUDU. To celebrate, VUDU has released a new exclusive scene which you can watch below. Originally titled Disappointment Blvd., the movie stars Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix as a mild-mannered anxiety-ridden man who following the sudden death of his mother, confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. The film co-stars Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune), Denis Ménochet (The French Dispatch), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Hayley Squires (In the Earth), and Zoe Lister-Jones (the director of The Craft: Legacy). Nathan Lane (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”), Patti LuPone (“Hollywood”), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”) also star. Aster and Lars Knudsen are producing for Square Peg.

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Lego Conjures "Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage" Kit

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It doesn’t matter if you are a kid or a grown-ass adult. Legos are and always will be awesome. Over the past few years, the building block company has been releasing some killer complex adult kits. Following the news that Hocus Pocus 3 is brewing, Legos has announced their upcoming kit based on the iconic cottage home of the Sanderson Sisters, which features over 2,000 pieces. The Lego Ideas Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage is designed with older audiences in mind. The kit includes the sisters, Max, Danni, Allison, and Thackery Binx the cat, as well as easter eggs from the original film. The building can be displayed as either the Sandersons’ cottage or the Sanderson Witch Museum by adding signs, a cash register, and rope barriers. And the roof opens up to reveal the interior of the cottage/museum. If you are a VIP member, you can get yours on July 1, 2023. Everyone else can order theirs on

Continue reading →
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'Caddy Hack' Slashes Its Way Onto Blu-Ray This October

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Sometimes, there is just nothing better than a cheesy horror movie. If that’s what you are looking for, we’ve got one you need to check out, Anthony Catanese’s Caddy Hack. In the film, which Catanese wrote and directed, a struggling golf course suffers a string of caddy murders at the paws of pesticide-mutated gofers while the greedy owner of the facility tries to cover up the carnage and unhinged groundkeeper wages all-out war on the vicious vermin. Jim Gordon, Jake Foy, Chrissy Cavallo, Nick Twist, Ilene Sullivan, and John Evans are among the cast of the crazy horror-comedy best described as Caddyshack meets Gremlins. Catanese, the cult indie director of Girls Just Wanna Have Blood and Sodomaniac, produced alongside Sara Casey, Scott Miller, Jim Gordon, Joseph Kuzemka, and Rob Hauschild. Caddy Hack will premiere at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle theater in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, on August 11, 2023, before coming to digital, Blu Ray and DVD this October from Wild Eye

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"Yellowjackets" Star Joins 'Companion' From The Director Of 'Barbarian'

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Sophie Thatcher, the breakout star of the dark and fantastic series “Yellowjackets,” has joined the cast of the upcoming horror Companion, THR reports. Last reported, Jack Quaid (Scream) had joined the cast alongside Harvey Guillén (“What We Do in the Shadows”), Lukas Gage (You), and Megan Suri (It Lives Inside). Drew Hancock is making their directorial debut. Hancock also penned the script for the film, described as both sci-fi and horror, though the plot details are currently being kept quiet. But we’ll keep you posted. Barbarian director Zach Cregger is producing, as is BoulderLight’s Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, and Vertigo’s Roy Lee. BoulderLight’s Tracy Rosenblum and Vertigo’s Andrew Childs are executive producing. In the meantime, you can watch Sophie Thatcher now in the first two seasons of “Yellowjackets” on Hulu and Showtime. The series sees a girls’ high school soccer team plane crash, and the survivors fight to survive the elements and each other. The fight continues as they reunite

Continue reading →
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Three Horror Icons Sink Their Teeth Into 'Love Bites' - Produced By Cher & Chaz Bono

Three Horror Icons Sink Their Teeth Into ‘Love Bites’ – Produced By Cher & Chaz Bono

Spider One (Bury the Bride) is in the director’s chair for Little Bites, produced by mother and son Cher and Chaz Bono. THR broke the news, announcing that the film will star horror icons Heather Langenkamp (Nightmare On Elm Street), Barbara Crampton (Re-animator), and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun). Bury the Bride actress Krsy Fox will also star alongside Elizabeth Caro and Jon Sklaroff in the film. Little Bites, which begins production later this month, centers on Mindy (Fox), a young widow and mother who tries to protect her daughter Alice (Elizabeth Caro) from a flesh-eating monster named Agyar (Jon Sklaroff). Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s house. Spider One and Fox’s OneFox Productions will produce the film along with Cher and Chaz Bono. “This film serves as a dark metaphor for parenthood and protecting your children at all costs. The

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Friends Fight To Survive A Cult In The Horror-Comedy 'Scream Therapy' (Trailer)

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Writer-director Cassie Keet makes her feature debut with the horror-comedy Scream Therapy, about a cathartic girl’s trip to the desert that turns deadly when they run into some demon-worshipping incels on the hunt for a human sacrifice. “After Avery (Harley Bronwyn) breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years when he expresses no plans for marriage in the future, her best friends Nora (Claire Dellamar), Dylan (Mandie Cheung), Marybeth (Geri Courtney-Austein), and Gillian (Rochelle Anderson) whisk her away to the Wonder Valley desert for a weekend of drinking, drugs, and restorative scream therapy. Their vacation takes a sharp turn when they cross paths with Jeremiah (Brian Flaccus) and Zachariah (Skyler Bible), demon-worshiping incels who are on a very pressing human sacrifice deadline. When the ritual goes horribly wrong, the ladies are left with two choices: find sacrifices of their own or have their souls ripped out when the sun rises. With only hours to complete an impossible task, the best

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Fresh Meat Is Delivered In New "The Horror Of Dolores Roach" Clip

Trailer Debuts For Prime Series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” Ahead Of July Premiere

Today, Prime Video has released the official trailer for the highly anticipated new series “The Horror of Dolores Roach.” Starring Justina Machado, “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name and is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. In the series, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights. Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive. The series also stars Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman. Originally created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman play, Empanada Loca, Mark created, wrote, and directed the original podcast and

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'John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando' Gets A Killer Game Trailer

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Horror icon John Carpenter is bringing fans a new game, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando. The first trailer, which looks damn good, is out and features characters fighting hordes of hungry zombies with Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name” blaring in the background. In the first-person shooter, players must set out to kill the Sludge God, an evil creature that turns people into zombies. “It’s exciting to be collaborating on a new video game with Focus and Saber.” Carpenter said in a statement. “Look, I really like shooting zombies. They keep telling me that they’re called ’the infected.’ Please. They’re ghouls, dude. They blow up real good and there are a ton of them. People are going to love this game. Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits added: “We’re excited to partner with our friends at Focus again and thrilled to collaborate with the legendary John Carpenter on this project.” Willits continued, “His unique vision, unparalleled expertise in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Blumhouse Holding Giveaway Today To Celebrate 'The Horror Of Dolores Roach'

Blumhouse Holding Giveaway Today To Celebrate ‘The Horror Of Dolores Roach’

To celebrate the upcoming trailer premiere for the new Amazon Original Series The Horror of Dolores Roach, Blumhouse is counting down with a series of giveaways! Every three hours, the time it took the show’s food stylist, Rossy Earl, to make a batch of empanadas -will be asked to answer a question for the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes, including a catered empanada meal, $100 massage gift cards, scented candles, chef essentials, Blumhouse merch and more! The giveaway kicks off on Sunday, July 11, at 8:30 am PT/ 11:30 ET. Check Blumhouse’s social media channels for announcements and updates on The Horror of Dolores Roach countdown to the trailer drop. Follow Blumhouse on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to enter. Also follow the series to stay updated. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2023
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