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Killer Horror Films Coming To Shudder This June

Killer Horror Films Coming To Shudder This June

BROOKLYN 45 Streaming on Shudder June 9 **SHUDDER PREMIERE** (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ) Writer & Director: Ted Geoghegan Cast: Anne Ramsey, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ezra Buzzington, Kristina Klebe Synopsis: Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal. QUICKSAND Streaming on Shudder June 23 **SHUDDER PREMIERE** (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ) Director: Andres Beltran Writer: Matt Pitts Cast: Carolina Gaitan, Allan Hawco Language: English Synopsis: On the brink of divorce, an American couple travels to Colombia for a work conference. While hiking through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape. CHILDREN OF THE CORN Streaming on Shudder June 30 (Available in US, CA) Writer &

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
'Hopewell Haunting' Trailer Teases A Film Filled With Terrifying Paranormal Activity

‘Hopewell Haunting’ Trailer Teases A Film Filled With Terrifying Paranormal Activity

A couple gets more than they bargained for after moving into “the most haunted house in Kentucky” in The Hopewell Haunting. In the film, “When a mysterious and frightened young couple arrives in the small town of Hopewell, they immediately flee their rural, dilapidated home in terror. With nowhere to go, they turn to an elderly, jaded preacher for help. After he begrudgingly agrees to bless their troubled abode, he finds himself face to face with the unknown in what locals have dubbed the most haunted house in Kentucky.” Written and directed by Dane Sears, the film stars Ted Ferguson. Timothy Morton, Audra Todd, and Rich Williams. Duane Graves and Justin Meeks produce. Witness The Hopewell Haunting on VOD and Digital on June 13, 2023, from Dark Sky Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Willem Defoe Finds Himself Trapped In The Trailer For 'Inside'

Willem Defoe Finds Himself Trapped In The Trailer For ‘Inside’

Brilliant actor Willem Defoe, who has appeared in films such as The Lighthouse, The Northman, Platoon, and Spider-Man, can next be seen in the thriller Inside, out later this month. Directed by Vasilis Katsoupis, the film is “A psychological thriller that tells the story of Nemo (Willem Dafoe), an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn’t go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.” Written by Ben Hopkins and Vasilis Katsoupis, Inside also stars Gene Bervoets and Eliza Stuyck. Watch Inside on Digital, Blu-ray, or DVD on May 30, 2023, from Universal Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Nicolas Cage Is Out For Revenge In Psychological Thriller 'The Surfer'

Nicolas Cage Is Out For Revenge In Psychological Thriller ‘The Surfer’

Following his role as Dracula in the horror-comedy Renfield, Nicolas Cage will star in the upcoming psychological thriller The Surfer from director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium). THR reports, “Mossbank, the partnership between Sculptor Media and Raven and headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, is handling international sales and introducing The Surfer to buyers at the Cannes Market.” In The Surfer, a man (Cage) returns to his beachside hometown in Australia many years after building a life for himself in the U.S. He is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, Cage’s character declares war against the gang. But as the conflict escalates, the stakes spin wildly out of control, taking “The Surfer” to the edge of his sanity. Filming will begin this September in Australia. The premiere date has not been announced. Watch Nicols Cage in Renfield, now available on Digital and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Jeremy Pivons Starring In Luke Sparke's Supernatural Action Film 'Fight For Your Life'

Jeremy Pivons Starring In Luke Sparke’s Supernatural Action Film ‘Fight For Your Life’

Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”) is set to star in the upcoming supernatural action feature, Fight for Your Life, which is currently in production in Australia. The Golden Globe-winning star will play a soldier who wakes up in a mysterious cell and is forced to face an onslaught of deadly opponents in an ever-changing fight arena – his only goal being to survive long enough to return to his daughter. Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation: Rainfall, Bring Him To Me), the film also features rising star Jamie Costa, who shot to viral fame in 2021 with his incredible portrayal of Robin Williams in a proof-of-concept short film for a proposed biopic, as well as his Star Wars fan film Kenobi. Costa stars in Sparke’s upcoming crime thriller Bring Him to Me. “Fight For Your Life places Jeremy in a morality battle with himself and a slew of opponents in a vast array of settings. I was drawn to do this film and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2023
Jade Pettyjohn And JoJo Siwa Join Upcoming Slasher Franchise 'All My Friends Are Dead'

Jade Pettyjohn And JoJo Siwa Join Upcoming Slasher Franchise ‘All My Friends Are Dead’

All My Friends Are Dead, the first film of a new horror franchise, has now revealed its cast at Cannes, and it is filled with a horde of young, exciting actors. Jade Pettyjohn (“Little Fires Everywhere”) and dancer and social media sensation JoJo Siwa join cast members Jennifer Ens (“Chapelwaite”), Ali Fumiko Whitney (Cabin Girl), Justin Derickson (“The Midnight Club”), Julian Haig (“Riverdale”), Cardi Wong (“Are You Afraid of the Dark”), Jack Doupe-Smith (Salad Days), and Michaella Russell (“WandaVision”). The film is directed by horror veteran Marcus Dunstan, who is behind The Collector franchise, Saw IV, and Feast. The upcoming horror film was written by Josh Sims (“PBC”) and Jessica Sarah Flaum (“PBC”). All My Friends Are Dead “follows a group of college friends as they head to the year’s biggest music festival. When they get a killer deal on an Airbnb, they waste little time celebrating their good fortune. Their weekend of partying quickly turns into a nightmare as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
Casting News For Destry Spielberg's 'Please Don't Feed The Children' Comes Out Of Cannes

Casting News For Destry Spielberg’s ‘Please Don’t Feed The Children’ Comes Out Of Cannes

Out of Cannes comes casting news about the upcoming “elevated” horror film Please Don’t Feed the Children, the feature directorial debut of Destry Allyn Spielberg. The cast includes Zoe Colletti (Only Murders In The Building, Boo Bitch and Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark), Regan Aliyah (Marvel’s Ironheart and Netflix’s XO KITTY), Andrew Liner (‘Vampire Academy,’ ‘Bang Bang,’ ‘Gray Matter’), and Michelle Dockery. In Please Don’t Feed The Children, “after a viral outbreak ravages the country’s adult population, a group of orphans head south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.” Please Don’t Feed the Children is produced by Jason Dubin (Who Invited Charlie?, Babysitters) and his Perry Street Films banner, Josh Kesselman (“The Great,” “Devil’s Peak”), and Michael Hagerty (“Old Henry”). Set to begin principal photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico, next month, the film was penned by Paul Bertino. Destry Allyn Spielberg is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
A Soldier Fights To Survive A Zombie Outbreak In The 'Day Zero' Trailer

A Soldier Fights To Survive A Zombie Outbreak In The ‘Day Zero’ Trailer

A former soldier is released from prison only to discover the world has been plunged into death and chaos as a viral outbreak takes hold in the Philipino horror Day Zero. An official selection at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in 2022, DAY ZERO stars recently retired MMA fighter Brandon Vera (BuyBust), Pepe Herrera (“The Killer Bride”), MJ Lastimosa (Damaso), Joey Marquez (On the Job 2: The Missing 8), and Ricci Rivero (Rabid, Happy Times). “After serving eight incident-free years in prison, a former elite soldier is released, finally free to reunite with his estranged wife and young daughter. However, he re-enters civilization only to discover that a dangerous virus has completely overtaken the outside world with terrifying effects on the human body. Chased by hordes of the undead, he races through the dangerous urban landscape in a final desperate attempt to redeem himself and rescue his family.” Day Zero debuts on Digital on May 23, 2023, before landing

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
A Paranormal Investigation Goes Terribly Wrong In 'The 3rd Guest' (Trailer)

A Paranormal Investigation Goes Terribly Wrong In ‘The 3rd Guest’ (Trailer)

A paranormal investigation goes terribly wrong in Sean Patrick Cannon‘s paranormal horror, The 3rd Guest. The film centers on Evie Kenneth, a talented, driven, and work-consumed woman, until the unthinkable happens – her daughter dies suddenly. After burying her daughter, Evie turns to a former lover, Hart, for comfort. When Hart takes Evie on a ghost-hunting investigation, it quickly turns into a nightmare as paranormal events begin to occur and the two find themselves in a fight for survival against dark entities.” Clint Carmichael, Matthew T. Clark, Joseph Lopez, Logan Laurel, Andrea M. Anderson, Nikki Kris, Chelsea O’Toole, Terumi Shimazu, and Annette Gromala star. The 3rd Guest is out now on VOD platforms including iTunes, Amazone, Google Play, Microsoft, Vudu, Roku, and more, from Indican Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
Set Sail This Summer With The New Horror Film 'The Queen Mary'

Set Sail This Summer With The New Horror Film ‘The Queen Mary’

Vertical welcomes you aboard this summer for the supernatural horror mystery, The Queen Mary from Dracula Untold director Gary Shore. The film is a psychological horror that explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family’s voyage on Halloween night,1938, and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day. Filming took place aboard the actual Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. A luxury ocean-liner graced by generations of the rich and famous, HMS Queen Mary is now celebrated – and feared – as “One of the World’s Most Haunted Places” (Time Magazine) and welcomes visitors aboard for its haunted attraction. The film stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness, Belgravia), Joel Fry (Game of Thrones), Nell Hudson (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), William Shockley (Death in Texas), BAFTA award-winner Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?), and more. In the early twentieth century, shipping lines competed to be the fastest to complete a transatlantic crossing. But among the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2023

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Killer Horror Films Coming To Shudder This June

Killer Horror Films Coming To Shudder This June

BROOKLYN 45 Streaming on Shudder June 9 **SHUDDER PREMIERE** (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ) Writer & Director: Ted Geoghegan Cast: Anne Ramsey, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ezra Buzzington, Kristina Klebe Synopsis: Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal. QUICKSAND Streaming on Shudder June 23 **SHUDDER PREMIERE** (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ) Director: Andres Beltran Writer: Matt Pitts Cast: Carolina Gaitan, Allan Hawco Language: English Synopsis: On the brink of divorce, an American couple travels to Colombia for a work conference. While hiking through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape. CHILDREN OF THE CORN Streaming on Shudder June 30 (Available in US, CA) Writer &

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
'Hopewell Haunting' Trailer Teases A Film Filled With Terrifying Paranormal Activity

‘Hopewell Haunting’ Trailer Teases A Film Filled With Terrifying Paranormal Activity

A couple gets more than they bargained for after moving into “the most haunted house in Kentucky” in The Hopewell Haunting. In the film, “When a mysterious and frightened young couple arrives in the small town of Hopewell, they immediately flee their rural, dilapidated home in terror. With nowhere to go, they turn to an elderly, jaded preacher for help. After he begrudgingly agrees to bless their troubled abode, he finds himself face to face with the unknown in what locals have dubbed the most haunted house in Kentucky.” Written and directed by Dane Sears, the film stars Ted Ferguson. Timothy Morton, Audra Todd, and Rich Williams. Duane Graves and Justin Meeks produce. Witness The Hopewell Haunting on VOD and Digital on June 13, 2023, from Dark Sky Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Willem Defoe Finds Himself Trapped In The Trailer For 'Inside'

Willem Defoe Finds Himself Trapped In The Trailer For ‘Inside’

Brilliant actor Willem Defoe, who has appeared in films such as The Lighthouse, The Northman, Platoon, and Spider-Man, can next be seen in the thriller Inside, out later this month. Directed by Vasilis Katsoupis, the film is “A psychological thriller that tells the story of Nemo (Willem Dafoe), an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn’t go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.” Written by Ben Hopkins and Vasilis Katsoupis, Inside also stars Gene Bervoets and Eliza Stuyck. Watch Inside on Digital, Blu-ray, or DVD on May 30, 2023, from Universal Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Nicolas Cage Is Out For Revenge In Psychological Thriller 'The Surfer'

Nicolas Cage Is Out For Revenge In Psychological Thriller ‘The Surfer’

Following his role as Dracula in the horror-comedy Renfield, Nicolas Cage will star in the upcoming psychological thriller The Surfer from director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium). THR reports, “Mossbank, the partnership between Sculptor Media and Raven and headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, is handling international sales and introducing The Surfer to buyers at the Cannes Market.” In The Surfer, a man (Cage) returns to his beachside hometown in Australia many years after building a life for himself in the U.S. He is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, Cage’s character declares war against the gang. But as the conflict escalates, the stakes spin wildly out of control, taking “The Surfer” to the edge of his sanity. Filming will begin this September in Australia. The premiere date has not been announced. Watch Nicols Cage in Renfield, now available on Digital and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2023
Jeremy Pivons Starring In Luke Sparke's Supernatural Action Film 'Fight For Your Life'

Jeremy Pivons Starring In Luke Sparke’s Supernatural Action Film ‘Fight For Your Life’

Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”) is set to star in the upcoming supernatural action feature, Fight for Your Life, which is currently in production in Australia. The Golden Globe-winning star will play a soldier who wakes up in a mysterious cell and is forced to face an onslaught of deadly opponents in an ever-changing fight arena – his only goal being to survive long enough to return to his daughter. Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation: Rainfall, Bring Him To Me), the film also features rising star Jamie Costa, who shot to viral fame in 2021 with his incredible portrayal of Robin Williams in a proof-of-concept short film for a proposed biopic, as well as his Star Wars fan film Kenobi. Costa stars in Sparke’s upcoming crime thriller Bring Him to Me. “Fight For Your Life places Jeremy in a morality battle with himself and a slew of opponents in a vast array of settings. I was drawn to do this film and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2023
Jade Pettyjohn And JoJo Siwa Join Upcoming Slasher Franchise 'All My Friends Are Dead'

Jade Pettyjohn And JoJo Siwa Join Upcoming Slasher Franchise ‘All My Friends Are Dead’

All My Friends Are Dead, the first film of a new horror franchise, has now revealed its cast at Cannes, and it is filled with a horde of young, exciting actors. Jade Pettyjohn (“Little Fires Everywhere”) and dancer and social media sensation JoJo Siwa join cast members Jennifer Ens (“Chapelwaite”), Ali Fumiko Whitney (Cabin Girl), Justin Derickson (“The Midnight Club”), Julian Haig (“Riverdale”), Cardi Wong (“Are You Afraid of the Dark”), Jack Doupe-Smith (Salad Days), and Michaella Russell (“WandaVision”). The film is directed by horror veteran Marcus Dunstan, who is behind The Collector franchise, Saw IV, and Feast. The upcoming horror film was written by Josh Sims (“PBC”) and Jessica Sarah Flaum (“PBC”). All My Friends Are Dead “follows a group of college friends as they head to the year’s biggest music festival. When they get a killer deal on an Airbnb, they waste little time celebrating their good fortune. Their weekend of partying quickly turns into a nightmare as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
Casting News For Destry Spielberg's 'Please Don't Feed The Children' Comes Out Of Cannes

Casting News For Destry Spielberg’s ‘Please Don’t Feed The Children’ Comes Out Of Cannes

Out of Cannes comes casting news about the upcoming “elevated” horror film Please Don’t Feed the Children, the feature directorial debut of Destry Allyn Spielberg. The cast includes Zoe Colletti (Only Murders In The Building, Boo Bitch and Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark), Regan Aliyah (Marvel’s Ironheart and Netflix’s XO KITTY), Andrew Liner (‘Vampire Academy,’ ‘Bang Bang,’ ‘Gray Matter’), and Michelle Dockery. In Please Don’t Feed The Children, “after a viral outbreak ravages the country’s adult population, a group of orphans head south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.” Please Don’t Feed the Children is produced by Jason Dubin (Who Invited Charlie?, Babysitters) and his Perry Street Films banner, Josh Kesselman (“The Great,” “Devil’s Peak”), and Michael Hagerty (“Old Henry”). Set to begin principal photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico, next month, the film was penned by Paul Bertino. Destry Allyn Spielberg is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
A Soldier Fights To Survive A Zombie Outbreak In The 'Day Zero' Trailer

A Soldier Fights To Survive A Zombie Outbreak In The ‘Day Zero’ Trailer

A former soldier is released from prison only to discover the world has been plunged into death and chaos as a viral outbreak takes hold in the Philipino horror Day Zero. An official selection at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in 2022, DAY ZERO stars recently retired MMA fighter Brandon Vera (BuyBust), Pepe Herrera (“The Killer Bride”), MJ Lastimosa (Damaso), Joey Marquez (On the Job 2: The Missing 8), and Ricci Rivero (Rabid, Happy Times). “After serving eight incident-free years in prison, a former elite soldier is released, finally free to reunite with his estranged wife and young daughter. However, he re-enters civilization only to discover that a dangerous virus has completely overtaken the outside world with terrifying effects on the human body. Chased by hordes of the undead, he races through the dangerous urban landscape in a final desperate attempt to redeem himself and rescue his family.” Day Zero debuts on Digital on May 23, 2023, before landing

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
A Paranormal Investigation Goes Terribly Wrong In 'The 3rd Guest' (Trailer)

A Paranormal Investigation Goes Terribly Wrong In ‘The 3rd Guest’ (Trailer)

A paranormal investigation goes terribly wrong in Sean Patrick Cannon‘s paranormal horror, The 3rd Guest. The film centers on Evie Kenneth, a talented, driven, and work-consumed woman, until the unthinkable happens – her daughter dies suddenly. After burying her daughter, Evie turns to a former lover, Hart, for comfort. When Hart takes Evie on a ghost-hunting investigation, it quickly turns into a nightmare as paranormal events begin to occur and the two find themselves in a fight for survival against dark entities.” Clint Carmichael, Matthew T. Clark, Joseph Lopez, Logan Laurel, Andrea M. Anderson, Nikki Kris, Chelsea O’Toole, Terumi Shimazu, and Annette Gromala star. The 3rd Guest is out now on VOD platforms including iTunes, Amazone, Google Play, Microsoft, Vudu, Roku, and more, from Indican Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2023
Set Sail This Summer With The New Horror Film 'The Queen Mary'

Set Sail This Summer With The New Horror Film ‘The Queen Mary’

Vertical welcomes you aboard this summer for the supernatural horror mystery, The Queen Mary from Dracula Untold director Gary Shore. The film is a psychological horror that explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family’s voyage on Halloween night,1938, and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day. Filming took place aboard the actual Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. A luxury ocean-liner graced by generations of the rich and famous, HMS Queen Mary is now celebrated – and feared – as “One of the World’s Most Haunted Places” (Time Magazine) and welcomes visitors aboard for its haunted attraction. The film stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness, Belgravia), Joel Fry (Game of Thrones), Nell Hudson (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), William Shockley (Death in Texas), BAFTA award-winner Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?), and more. In the early twentieth century, shipping lines competed to be the fastest to complete a transatlantic crossing. But among the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2023
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