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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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A Stalker Haunts A Woman In The Trailer For Horror-Comedy 'Jethica'

A Stalker Haunts A Woman In The Trailer For Horror-Comedy ‘Jethica’

Lightbulb Film Distribution has just unveiled the poster and trailer for the dark horror-comedy, Jethica, following its World Premiere at SXSW, and screenings at the Busan International Film Festival, Mayhem Film Festival (UK Premiere), and Abertoir Horror Festival. In the film “hiding out in New Mexico after a freak accident, Elena runs into Jessica, an old school friend. But when Jessica’s stalker suddenly shows up at their door, they must seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him, for good.” Directed by Pete Ohs, the film stars Callie Hernandez (Under The Silver Lake, The Endless), Ashley Denise Robinson (The Watchman, The Beta Test), and Will Madden (Mean Spirited, The Wolf of Snow Hollow). Jethica will be released On Demand and Download in the UK & Ireland on February 6, 2023, with a US release to follow. You can pre-order your copy now.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Grab You Valentine And Binge New Horror On Shudder This February

Movie Review: ‘Skinamarink’ Isn’t For Everyone

After making 67x its $15,000 budget in its first week in theaters and receiving an expanded release, Skinamarink has become a viral sensation. I sat down to watch it, not knowing exactly what I was getting myself into, only knowing that it was being described as an “experimental horror.” The movie’s synopsis goes like this: “Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. To cope with the strange situation, the two bring pillows and blankets to the living room and settle into a quiet slumber party. They play well-worn videotapes of cartoons to fill the house’s silence and distract from the frightening and inexplicable situation. All the while in the hopes that, eventually, some grown-ups will come to rescue them. However, it becomes clear that something is watching over them after a while.” The movie plays out with strange shots of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Kevin Smith Hosting Q&A At Premiere Of Troma's 'Eating Miss Campbell'

Kevin Smith Hosting Q&A At Premiere Of Troma’s ‘Eating Miss Campbell’

Troma’s Eating Miss Campbell is about to begin its theatrical run, with “Silent Bob” himself, Kevin Smith, hosting the premiere. Both director Liam Regan and producer Lloyd Kaufman will also be in attendance for a Q&A. Eating Miss Campbell “follows a vegan-goth high school student who falls into a taboo relationship with her new English teacher and soon develops a problematic taste for human flesh.” The movie features a cast of genre favorites, including Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede sequels), Lyndsey Craine (Book of Monsters), Vito Trigo (My Bloody Banjo), and Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), with an original score composed by Oscar® winner Joe Renzetti (Child’s Play, Poltergeist III & Frankenhooker). “Heavily Influenced by the work of producer Lloyd Kaufamn, filmmaker Liam Regan has crafted a British Troma film where teenage crushes and cannibalism collide, a gut-busting and gore-soaked comedy horror that pushes about every boundary socially constructed.” Eating Miss Campbell premieres on Saturday, February 11th, at Smodcastle

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
The Zombies In HBO's "Last Of Us" Are Based On Something Real!

The Zombies In HBO’s “Last Of Us” Are Based On Something Real!

Odds are, by now, you’ve seen the first couple of episodes of the “Last of Us” adaptation, and let’s be honest, it’s fantastic! “The series is set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Right off to bat, you are probably wondering about the show’s gnarly zombies. The zombie infection is not a virus that morphed like we’ve seen in movies and series a thousand times. Instead, we get these crazy fungi-face creatures created by a fungus, Cordyceps, to be exact. Now here’s the terrifying part: Cordyceps are a very real thing. In reality, Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus, infects its hosts, usually small insects, turning them into real-life zombies by controlling their host’s actions,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
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Trailer Gives You A Taste Of 'Blood' - Coming To Theaters

Trailer Gives You A Taste Of ‘Blood’ – Coming To Theaters

How far would a mother go to save her child? Michelle Monaghan stars as a mother desperate to save her son in the horror-thriller Blood, out this week in select theaters. In the film, “Jess, a separated nurse, moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen is bitten by the dog, resulting in a mysterious infection from the bite.” Directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) and written by Will Honley, Blood stars Frederick Allen, Onalee Ames, and Erik Athavale. Watch Blood in theaters on January 27, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
Hereditary Star Joins The Cast Of 'A Quiet Place 3: Day One'

Hereditary Star Joins The Cast Of ‘A Quiet Place 3: Day One’

The next installment of the hit Quiet Place franchise, A Quiet Place 3: Day One, is headed your way and continues to expand its cast list. Deadline is reporting that Hereditary star Alex Wolff has now joined the cast, which already includes Lupita Nyong’o (Us) and Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things”). Described as a spin-off, A Quiet Place: Day One will be directed by Michael Sarnoski, who recently directed the Nicolas Cage movie Pig. Michael Sarnoski and Jeff Nichols penned the script for Day One. Franchise creator and star John Krasinski will produce alongside Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller under the Platinum Dunes banner. While no plot details are available now, we do know when the sequel/spin-off will arrive. A Quiet Place 3: Day One will open in theaters on March 8, 2024.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
Experience 'Fear' - Out Now On Digital (Trailer)

Experience ‘Fear’ In Theaters This Week (Trailer)

This January, experience Fear, the film that features a group of friends gathering together only to have things go terribly wrong. In Fear, a much-needed getaway and a celebratory weekend turn into a nightmare when one by one, the friends’ worst fears begin to come true. Fear stars Joseph Sikora (The Intruder), Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), “T.I.” Harris (Monster Hunter), Iddo Goldberg (“Snowpiercer), King Bach (Rim of the World), and Andrew Bachelor (The Babysitter). The film is from director Deon Taylor who co-wrote the screenplay with John Ferry. Experience Fear in select theaters on January 27, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
'Violent Night 2' Is Coming Down The Chimney!

‘Violent Night 2’ Is Coming Down The Chimney!

Director Tommy Wirkola’s hit holiday action-thriller Violent Night is now available on Digital and Peacock, but that’s not all; according to The Wrap, Violent Night 2 is officially coming down the chimney! “We’re talking about it and we’re just making deals and getting everything in order,” Wirkola tells the site “We have time to really crack the script and figure out the story.” Word is Pat Casey, and Josh Miller will be back to pen the script for Violent Night 2. “And we have some ideas, me and Pat and Josh and the producers, we’ve been talking about where we want to take it and what we want to see. There’s stuff we left on the floor like the North Pole, Mrs. Claus, the elves,” The director stated. “But story-wise I think we have a really, really cool idea that expands on the world and scope, but still keeping that tone that we love from the first one.” Violent Night,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Shyamalan's Apocalyptic Thriller 'Knock At the Cabin' Is Out Now

New Featurettes Give A Look Inside M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Knock At The Cabin’

This February, M. Night Shymalan‘s apocalyptic thriller Knock at the Cabin, an adaptation of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, is set to be unleashed. Ahead of its premiere, we have two new behind-the-scenes featurettes that give us an inside look at the dark world of the film. In Knock at the Cabin, “While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.” Dave Bautista (Army of the Dead), Rupert Grint (The Harry Potter franchise), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Old), Ben Aldridge (“Pennyworth”), and Jonathan Groff (“Mindhunter”) star. Universal Pictures presents a Blinding Edge Pictures production with FilmNation Features and Wishmore Entertainment, an M. Night Shyamalan film. M. Night Shyamalan and, Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman adapted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Family Is All That Matters In The Twisted New 'Daughter' Trailer

Family Is All That Matters In The Twisted New ‘Daughter’ Trailer

The new trailer for writer-director Corey Deshon‘s dark thriller Daughter reveals a twisted tale of terror as a woman finds herself kidnapped. Starring Casper Van Dien, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngô, and Ian Alexander, Daughter is the tale of “A young woman who is kidnapped and inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter. As she navigates through this twisted dynamic, awful secrets about the past are revealed, leading to even darker implications about the future.” Daughter will open in theaters and arrive on Digital and On Demand on February 10, 2023, from Lightbulb Film, followed by its release on DVD on May 9th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023

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A Stalker Haunts A Woman In The Trailer For Horror-Comedy 'Jethica'

A Stalker Haunts A Woman In The Trailer For Horror-Comedy ‘Jethica’

Lightbulb Film Distribution has just unveiled the poster and trailer for the dark horror-comedy, Jethica, following its World Premiere at SXSW, and screenings at the Busan International Film Festival, Mayhem Film Festival (UK Premiere), and Abertoir Horror Festival. In the film “hiding out in New Mexico after a freak accident, Elena runs into Jessica, an old school friend. But when Jessica’s stalker suddenly shows up at their door, they must seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him, for good.” Directed by Pete Ohs, the film stars Callie Hernandez (Under The Silver Lake, The Endless), Ashley Denise Robinson (The Watchman, The Beta Test), and Will Madden (Mean Spirited, The Wolf of Snow Hollow). Jethica will be released On Demand and Download in the UK & Ireland on February 6, 2023, with a US release to follow. You can pre-order your copy now.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Grab You Valentine And Binge New Horror On Shudder This February

Movie Review: ‘Skinamarink’ Isn’t For Everyone

After making 67x its $15,000 budget in its first week in theaters and receiving an expanded release, Skinamarink has become a viral sensation. I sat down to watch it, not knowing exactly what I was getting myself into, only knowing that it was being described as an “experimental horror.” The movie’s synopsis goes like this: “Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. To cope with the strange situation, the two bring pillows and blankets to the living room and settle into a quiet slumber party. They play well-worn videotapes of cartoons to fill the house’s silence and distract from the frightening and inexplicable situation. All the while in the hopes that, eventually, some grown-ups will come to rescue them. However, it becomes clear that something is watching over them after a while.” The movie plays out with strange shots of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Kevin Smith Hosting Q&A At Premiere Of Troma's 'Eating Miss Campbell'

Kevin Smith Hosting Q&A At Premiere Of Troma’s ‘Eating Miss Campbell’

Troma’s Eating Miss Campbell is about to begin its theatrical run, with “Silent Bob” himself, Kevin Smith, hosting the premiere. Both director Liam Regan and producer Lloyd Kaufman will also be in attendance for a Q&A. Eating Miss Campbell “follows a vegan-goth high school student who falls into a taboo relationship with her new English teacher and soon develops a problematic taste for human flesh.” The movie features a cast of genre favorites, including Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede sequels), Lyndsey Craine (Book of Monsters), Vito Trigo (My Bloody Banjo), and Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), with an original score composed by Oscar® winner Joe Renzetti (Child’s Play, Poltergeist III & Frankenhooker). “Heavily Influenced by the work of producer Lloyd Kaufamn, filmmaker Liam Regan has crafted a British Troma film where teenage crushes and cannibalism collide, a gut-busting and gore-soaked comedy horror that pushes about every boundary socially constructed.” Eating Miss Campbell premieres on Saturday, February 11th, at Smodcastle

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
The Zombies In HBO's "Last Of Us" Are Based On Something Real!

The Zombies In HBO’s “Last Of Us” Are Based On Something Real!

Odds are, by now, you’ve seen the first couple of episodes of the “Last of Us” adaptation, and let’s be honest, it’s fantastic! “The series is set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Right off to bat, you are probably wondering about the show’s gnarly zombies. The zombie infection is not a virus that morphed like we’ve seen in movies and series a thousand times. Instead, we get these crazy fungi-face creatures created by a fungus, Cordyceps, to be exact. Now here’s the terrifying part: Cordyceps are a very real thing. In reality, Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus, infects its hosts, usually small insects, turning them into real-life zombies by controlling their host’s actions,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Trailer Gives You A Taste Of 'Blood' - Coming To Theaters

Trailer Gives You A Taste Of ‘Blood’ – Coming To Theaters

How far would a mother go to save her child? Michelle Monaghan stars as a mother desperate to save her son in the horror-thriller Blood, out this week in select theaters. In the film, “Jess, a separated nurse, moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen is bitten by the dog, resulting in a mysterious infection from the bite.” Directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) and written by Will Honley, Blood stars Frederick Allen, Onalee Ames, and Erik Athavale. Watch Blood in theaters on January 27, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
Hereditary Star Joins The Cast Of 'A Quiet Place 3: Day One'

Hereditary Star Joins The Cast Of ‘A Quiet Place 3: Day One’

The next installment of the hit Quiet Place franchise, A Quiet Place 3: Day One, is headed your way and continues to expand its cast list. Deadline is reporting that Hereditary star Alex Wolff has now joined the cast, which already includes Lupita Nyong’o (Us) and Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things”). Described as a spin-off, A Quiet Place: Day One will be directed by Michael Sarnoski, who recently directed the Nicolas Cage movie Pig. Michael Sarnoski and Jeff Nichols penned the script for Day One. Franchise creator and star John Krasinski will produce alongside Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller under the Platinum Dunes banner. While no plot details are available now, we do know when the sequel/spin-off will arrive. A Quiet Place 3: Day One will open in theaters on March 8, 2024.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
Experience 'Fear' - Out Now On Digital (Trailer)

Experience ‘Fear’ In Theaters This Week (Trailer)

This January, experience Fear, the film that features a group of friends gathering together only to have things go terribly wrong. In Fear, a much-needed getaway and a celebratory weekend turn into a nightmare when one by one, the friends’ worst fears begin to come true. Fear stars Joseph Sikora (The Intruder), Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), “T.I.” Harris (Monster Hunter), Iddo Goldberg (“Snowpiercer), King Bach (Rim of the World), and Andrew Bachelor (The Babysitter). The film is from director Deon Taylor who co-wrote the screenplay with John Ferry. Experience Fear in select theaters on January 27, 2023.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2023
'Violent Night 2' Is Coming Down The Chimney!

‘Violent Night 2’ Is Coming Down The Chimney!

Director Tommy Wirkola’s hit holiday action-thriller Violent Night is now available on Digital and Peacock, but that’s not all; according to The Wrap, Violent Night 2 is officially coming down the chimney! “We’re talking about it and we’re just making deals and getting everything in order,” Wirkola tells the site “We have time to really crack the script and figure out the story.” Word is Pat Casey, and Josh Miller will be back to pen the script for Violent Night 2. “And we have some ideas, me and Pat and Josh and the producers, we’ve been talking about where we want to take it and what we want to see. There’s stuff we left on the floor like the North Pole, Mrs. Claus, the elves,” The director stated. “But story-wise I think we have a really, really cool idea that expands on the world and scope, but still keeping that tone that we love from the first one.” Violent Night,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Shyamalan's Apocalyptic Thriller 'Knock At the Cabin' Is Out Now

New Featurettes Give A Look Inside M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Knock At The Cabin’

This February, M. Night Shymalan‘s apocalyptic thriller Knock at the Cabin, an adaptation of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, is set to be unleashed. Ahead of its premiere, we have two new behind-the-scenes featurettes that give us an inside look at the dark world of the film. In Knock at the Cabin, “While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.” Dave Bautista (Army of the Dead), Rupert Grint (The Harry Potter franchise), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Old), Ben Aldridge (“Pennyworth”), and Jonathan Groff (“Mindhunter”) star. Universal Pictures presents a Blinding Edge Pictures production with FilmNation Features and Wishmore Entertainment, an M. Night Shyamalan film. M. Night Shyamalan and, Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman adapted

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Family Is All That Matters In The Twisted New 'Daughter' Trailer

Family Is All That Matters In The Twisted New ‘Daughter’ Trailer

The new trailer for writer-director Corey Deshon‘s dark thriller Daughter reveals a twisted tale of terror as a woman finds herself kidnapped. Starring Casper Van Dien, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngô, and Ian Alexander, Daughter is the tale of “A young woman who is kidnapped and inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter. As she navigates through this twisted dynamic, awful secrets about the past are revealed, leading to even darker implications about the future.” Daughter will open in theaters and arrive on Digital and On Demand on February 10, 2023, from Lightbulb Film, followed by its release on DVD on May 9th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
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