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Before we dive into the movie review, I think it is important that I tell you about the legend of El Demonio Negro, The Black Demon. It has been said that the massive beast, which has a black top half, is between 30 and 50 feet long, leaving some convinced that it is, in reality, a surviving Megladon. There have been many reports and sightings of the beast throughout the Sea of Cortez near Mexico for decades. The film takes inspiration from the Black Demon’s legend and supersizes it. Warning Spoilers ahead. Josh Lucus stars as a father on a work/vacation with his family. He’s tasked with the job of inspecting an oil rig. But he and his family find themselves trapped on the rusty rig by a massive shark with the Rig’s two remaining employees. They must fight to survive and find a way to escape. Throughout the movie, details emerge about just how big of an asshole Lucus’
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Writer-director Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) is behind the upcoming serial killer film Average Height, Average Build starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Patterson, which will premiere on Netflix. Deadline reports that “Pattinson will play a serial killer who enlists a lobbyist (Adams) to change laws that will allow him to get away with murder more easily. Downey’s role is a retired cop who won’t give up on the murders, and the killer tries to prevent him from dogging his trial now that he’s hung up his gun. The serial killer turns himself into a cause celebre, a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington figure shielding his true motives.” This is not the first time McKay has worked with Netflix. His previous film, Don’t Look Up, debuted on the streaming service. The apocalyptic comedy stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and took the title of Netfix’s second most popular film ever, with 360 million views in its first month. Hopefully, the
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Joe Lo Trugilo, star of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” has written and directed a new horror thriller, Outpost, starring Beth Dover (“Orange is the New Black”). The trailer teases a film that is not only filled with twists and action but also tackles dark themes such as PTSD and domestic violence. In the film, “After a violent assault, a woman asks her best friend for help escaping an abusive ex. She’s given a job as a fire lookout in the mountains of northern Idaho, hoping the peaceful solitude will heal her trauma. But the PTSD and isolation have other plans, and it’s suddenly a fight to save herself and the town.” The all-star cast includes Ato Essandoh (“Chicago MED”), Dylan Baker (Spider-Man trilogy), Becky Ann Baker (“Freaks and Geeks”), Dallas Roberts (Glass Onion), Ta’Rea Campbell (“Blue Bloods”), Tim Neff (“AHS”), and D.R. Anderson (“Z Nation”) Witness a woman’s fight to not only survive but to find herself in Outpost, opening in theaters
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Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh calls the dead in the new trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice. The film, based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Halloween Party,” has a star-studded cast that also includes Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, and Jamie Dornan. Kenneth Branagh will be reprising his role as Hercule Poirot from Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. “Set in post-WWII Venice on All Hallow’s Eve, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer again.” “It’s a supernatural world where the normal rules do not apply,” Branagh told Variety. “Murders and ghosts are irresistible to a man with that mustache and that nose for sniffing other culprits.” A Haunting in Venice is set to premiere in theaters on September 15, 2023, from 20th Century.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in Cracked, a terrifying new Thai horror film, an inherited painting may be worth a thousand screams… “Ruja (actress/model Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father’s estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune if only they weren’t damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger.” Directed by Surapong Ploensang, the film stars Chayanit Chansangavej, Byron Bishop, Nichkhun, and Nutthatcha Padovan. Cracked lands on VOD and Digital May 26, 2023,
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A prank goes terribly wrong and revenge follows in writer-director Calvin McCarthy‘s horror Pillow Party Massacre. In the movie, “two years after a tragic April Fool’s prank gone wrong, a group of friends returns to their childhood vacation home to reconnect and heal old wounds. As strange things begin to happen, and girls turn up missing, it’s clear that someone or something is out for revenge.” Laura Welsh, Chynna Rae Shurts, Allegra Sweeny, and Jax Kellington star in this throwback to classic ’80s slasher films. Breaking Glass Pictures presents a film by Pillow Party Massacre, available on digital platforms now!
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What if a lost horror franchise made during the peak of the slasher genre was unearthed today, but only two of the films could be restored? Filmmaker Jay Burleson imagined just that with The Third Saturday In October: Part V and The Third Saturday in October: Part 1, out this May. A double feature of terror, The Third Saturday In October Part V, sees unstoppable killer Jakkariah Harding once again stalking and butchering the football-loving residents of a small Alabama town, this time finding a treasure trove of victims after he chances upon a football watch party. And then get ready to see how the horror began in The Third Saturday in October: Part 1 tells the story of Harding’s death row escape, and ensuing slaughter as two survivors of his initial attack hunt him down. Aiming to recreate the bygone video store days when horror fans might have had to watch a franchise out of order, the filmmakers intended
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In April, we reported that “Stranger Things” star Jamie Campbell Bower had joined the cast of the upcoming remake of 1986’s Witchboard. Today, news has come via Deadline that several other stars have also signed on. Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer, pictured), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram), and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) will star alongside Bower. Chuck Russell, who was behind Dream Warriors and The Blob, is in the director’s chair for the remake and will direct from the script by Greg McKay (Night of the Demons). In Writer-director Kevin S. Tenney’s original, “Friends playing with an Ouija board at a late-night party unleash a demonic spirit who begins hunting them.” In the upcoming remake, “Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once
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The Evil Dead franchise began with Evil Dead in 1981, Sam Raimi’s classic starring the oh so “groovy” Bruce Campbell. After several installments, director Fede Alvarez took the franchise in a new, more serious direction in 2013 with Evil Dead, starring Jane Levy. The second installment of the new branch of the franchise has just landed in theaters, Evil Dead Rise. Being the Evil Dead lover that I am, I headed to the theater to see it. I went into it knowing that it would be very different from the first Evil Dead I fell in love with and trying to keep an open mind. This is key for horror fans. You must compartmentalize and see the two branches separately. Evil Dead Rise moves the franchise out of the forest and into the city. It tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing deadites, thrusting them into a primal battle
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2023 has been a killer year for movies. Some of the biggest titles, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Renfield, and The Pope’s Exorcist, are coming to VUDU! Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist are all available for $24.99, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for $19.99. Put on your favorite PJs, pop some popcorn, and watch one of these hits on Vudu beginning May 2, 2023! For more information on the movies and to watch the trailers, click on the highlighted titles.
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Before we dive into the movie review, I think it is important that I tell you about the legend of El Demonio Negro, The Black Demon. It has been said that the massive beast, which has a black top half, is between 30 and 50 feet long, leaving some convinced that it is, in reality, a surviving Megladon. There have been many reports and sightings of the beast throughout the Sea of Cortez near Mexico for decades. The film takes inspiration from the Black Demon’s legend and supersizes it. Warning Spoilers ahead. Josh Lucus stars as a father on a work/vacation with his family. He’s tasked with the job of inspecting an oil rig. But he and his family find themselves trapped on the rusty rig by a massive shark with the Rig’s two remaining employees. They must fight to survive and find a way to escape. Throughout the movie, details emerge about just how big of an asshole Lucus’
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) is behind the upcoming serial killer film Average Height, Average Build starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Patterson, which will premiere on Netflix. Deadline reports that “Pattinson will play a serial killer who enlists a lobbyist (Adams) to change laws that will allow him to get away with murder more easily. Downey’s role is a retired cop who won’t give up on the murders, and the killer tries to prevent him from dogging his trial now that he’s hung up his gun. The serial killer turns himself into a cause celebre, a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington figure shielding his true motives.” This is not the first time McKay has worked with Netflix. His previous film, Don’t Look Up, debuted on the streaming service. The apocalyptic comedy stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and took the title of Netfix’s second most popular film ever, with 360 million views in its first month. Hopefully, the
Continue reading →
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Joe Lo Trugilo, star of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” has written and directed a new horror thriller, Outpost, starring Beth Dover (“Orange is the New Black”). The trailer teases a film that is not only filled with twists and action but also tackles dark themes such as PTSD and domestic violence. In the film, “After a violent assault, a woman asks her best friend for help escaping an abusive ex. She’s given a job as a fire lookout in the mountains of northern Idaho, hoping the peaceful solitude will heal her trauma. But the PTSD and isolation have other plans, and it’s suddenly a fight to save herself and the town.” The all-star cast includes Ato Essandoh (“Chicago MED”), Dylan Baker (Spider-Man trilogy), Becky Ann Baker (“Freaks and Geeks”), Dallas Roberts (Glass Onion), Ta’Rea Campbell (“Blue Bloods”), Tim Neff (“AHS”), and D.R. Anderson (“Z Nation”) Witness a woman’s fight to not only survive but to find herself in Outpost, opening in theaters
Continue reading →
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Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh calls the dead in the new trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice. The film, based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Halloween Party,” has a star-studded cast that also includes Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, and Jamie Dornan. Kenneth Branagh will be reprising his role as Hercule Poirot from Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. “Set in post-WWII Venice on All Hallow’s Eve, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer again.” “It’s a supernatural world where the normal rules do not apply,” Branagh told Variety. “Murders and ghosts are irresistible to a man with that mustache and that nose for sniffing other culprits.” A Haunting in Venice is set to premiere in theaters on September 15, 2023, from 20th Century.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in Cracked, a terrifying new Thai horror film, an inherited painting may be worth a thousand screams… “Ruja (actress/model Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father’s estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune if only they weren’t damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger.” Directed by Surapong Ploensang, the film stars Chayanit Chansangavej, Byron Bishop, Nichkhun, and Nutthatcha Padovan. Cracked lands on VOD and Digital May 26, 2023,
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A prank goes terribly wrong and revenge follows in writer-director Calvin McCarthy‘s horror Pillow Party Massacre. In the movie, “two years after a tragic April Fool’s prank gone wrong, a group of friends returns to their childhood vacation home to reconnect and heal old wounds. As strange things begin to happen, and girls turn up missing, it’s clear that someone or something is out for revenge.” Laura Welsh, Chynna Rae Shurts, Allegra Sweeny, and Jax Kellington star in this throwback to classic ’80s slasher films. Breaking Glass Pictures presents a film by Pillow Party Massacre, available on digital platforms now!
Continue reading →
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What if a lost horror franchise made during the peak of the slasher genre was unearthed today, but only two of the films could be restored? Filmmaker Jay Burleson imagined just that with The Third Saturday In October: Part V and The Third Saturday in October: Part 1, out this May. A double feature of terror, The Third Saturday In October Part V, sees unstoppable killer Jakkariah Harding once again stalking and butchering the football-loving residents of a small Alabama town, this time finding a treasure trove of victims after he chances upon a football watch party. And then get ready to see how the horror began in The Third Saturday in October: Part 1 tells the story of Harding’s death row escape, and ensuing slaughter as two survivors of his initial attack hunt him down. Aiming to recreate the bygone video store days when horror fans might have had to watch a franchise out of order, the filmmakers intended
Continue reading →
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In April, we reported that “Stranger Things” star Jamie Campbell Bower had joined the cast of the upcoming remake of 1986’s Witchboard. Today, news has come via Deadline that several other stars have also signed on. Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer, pictured), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram), and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) will star alongside Bower. Chuck Russell, who was behind Dream Warriors and The Blob, is in the director’s chair for the remake and will direct from the script by Greg McKay (Night of the Demons). In Writer-director Kevin S. Tenney’s original, “Friends playing with an Ouija board at a late-night party unleash a demonic spirit who begins hunting them.” In the upcoming remake, “Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once
Continue reading →
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The Evil Dead franchise began with Evil Dead in 1981, Sam Raimi’s classic starring the oh so “groovy” Bruce Campbell. After several installments, director Fede Alvarez took the franchise in a new, more serious direction in 2013 with Evil Dead, starring Jane Levy. The second installment of the new branch of the franchise has just landed in theaters, Evil Dead Rise. Being the Evil Dead lover that I am, I headed to the theater to see it. I went into it knowing that it would be very different from the first Evil Dead I fell in love with and trying to keep an open mind. This is key for horror fans. You must compartmentalize and see the two branches separately. Evil Dead Rise moves the franchise out of the forest and into the city. It tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing deadites, thrusting them into a primal battle
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsStreaming TV
2023 has been a killer year for movies. Some of the biggest titles, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Renfield, and The Pope’s Exorcist, are coming to VUDU! Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist are all available for $24.99, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for $19.99. Put on your favorite PJs, pop some popcorn, and watch one of these hits on Vudu beginning May 2, 2023! For more information on the movies and to watch the trailers, click on the highlighted titles.
Continue reading →
