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Movie Review: At Night Comes Wolves (2021)

Director TJ Marine’s At Night Comes Wolves is headed towards its release. Here are my thoughts on the movie about a cult. Right off to bat we meet a couple, Leah and her husband Daniel. We are given reason after reason to dislike Daniel whose dutiful wife will do anything to please him. She gets to her breaking point and just walks away from her life and her asshole of a husband. She meets a young woman who leads her to her Guru/cult leader, and things quickly unravel as secrets are revealed. The lead character played by Gabi Alves is left lacking. She has very few lines and mostly just mopes around the entire movie, which is not the fault of the actress. There’s also very little character development for her, which is a shame. I think the film was meant to speak out against misogyny and mistreatment, yet when the main character gets out of an abusive relationship she

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Apr 19, 2021
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George A. Romero & Dario Argento’s ‘Two Evil Eyes’ Getting A 4K Ultra Re-Release

Blue Underground, the company that brought you Maniac and Zombie on 4K, is gearing up to deliver Two Evil Eyes on 4K Ultra this summer. Originally released back in 1990, the film was directed by two legendary directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento. Two Evil Eyes features two tales, both based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. In one story a greedy wife murders her husband, in the other, a reporter takes in a strange black cat. The movie features an all-star cast including Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), Ramy Ada (“NYPD Blue”), Bingo O’Malley (Creepshow), John Amos (Coming to America, Coming 2 America), Tom Atkins (My Bloody Valentine, Halloween III), and Jonathan Adams (Rocky Horror Picture Show). Two Evil Eyes will be released on August 24, 2021, “in true 4K Ultra High Definition with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix.” We’ll let you know when the pre-order date is announced.

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Apr 19, 2021
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Two Women Must Find A Way To Trust Each Other To Survive In ‘Goodbye Honey’

Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite, and Digital HD release of the tension-ridden thriller Goodbye Honey, directed and co-written by Max Strand and co-writer and producer Todd Rawiszer. In the film, “Dawn, a truck driver, pulls into a state park to get some sleep when she is ambushed by Phoebe, a young woman who claims she is fleeing from an abductor. Dawn is wary of Phoebe’s story, leading to a struggle that leaves her phone broken, the keys missing, and nothing but darkness between them and help. As the night progresses, it becomes clear they are not alone. Bonding over a shared history of trauma, Dawn and Phoebe realize they must learn to trust each other if they want to survive a night full of unexpected twists and violent turns.” Pamela Jayne Morgan (Just Say Goodbye) and Juliette Alice Gobin (Look At Me), headline the cast that also includes Peyton Michelle Edwards (Weekenders), Paul C. Kelly (Driftwood), and

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Apr 18, 2021
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‘Undergods’ Trailer Takes Into A Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare

Director Chino Moya makes his feature directorial debut with the award-winning post-apocalypse film Undergods which is now playing in select theaters and is available on VOD, from Gravitas Ventures. The film is set, “in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, K and Z roam the streets on the lookout for corpses and something even more valuable – fresh meat.” Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones”) and Ned Dennehy (“Good Omens,” “Peaky Blinders”) star in Undergods along with Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, Enola Holmes), Geza Rohrig (Resistance, Son of Saul), and Tanya Reynolds (Emma., Sex Education). A limited-edition Blu-ray and a vinyl soundtrack will be later this year. Check out the trailer and watch it today.

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Apr 18, 2021
Review: Amazon's Series "Them" Hits You Like A Sledgehammer

Review: Amazon’s Series “Them” Hits You Like A Sledgehammer

“Them,” set in the 1950s, centers on a black family who moves from their home in North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during a period known as “The Great Migration.” The family’s new idyllic home soon becomes ground zero for racial prejudice, malevolent otherworldly forces, and other evils that threaten to ravage and destroy them. Honestly, I didn’t make it through the premiere episode on my first try. I couldn’t finish it. I was left emotional and heartbroken. It took me several days to try again, this time I lasted through the end of the premiere and two more episodes before I folded and gave up again. My heart couldn’t take it. A day or two later, I was determined to see it through. I was left angry and depressed, and I couldn’t get it out of my head. Billed as a horror series, the show is more about the horrors African Americans have faced than about scares

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Apr 18, 2021
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A Writer Faces Off Against An Escaped Psycho In ‘Why’

When a writer takes refuge at a cabin in the woods to write her book she has no idea that an escaped killer is heading her way in Why, out now on VOD and Digital, from High Octane Pictures. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why is directed by Corbin Timbrook. In the film, “Writer Blake Sinclair goes away for the weekend to the small town of Northdale to stay in a cabin and finish writing her book, with plans to meet her husband days later. Unaware that a madman, a killer has escaped a mental hospital. He returns to his home, coincidently, the same cabin where Blake is staying in Northdale. The killer toys with Blake and must be stopped, but will her husband make it in time to save her?” In 2016, Timbrook received two nominations at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival for his work on the feature

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Apr 18, 2021
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Courtney Cox Moves Into A Cursed House In New Horror-Comedy Series “Shining Vale”

Ahead of her return to the Scream franchise in next year’s movie simply titled Scream, Courtney Cox is set to star in the recently-announced horror-comedy series “Shining Vale,” which has now received a series order from Starz. And we’ve got the first image (via Bloody-Disgusting). “Shining Vale” centers on a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town, not knowing their new home was the site of terrible atrocities. But no one seems to notice except for Pat, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed— turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. The eight-episode first season is from Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan also stars Greg Kinnear as Pat’s sweet husband, Terry; Mira Sorvino plays the role of Rosemary, Pat’s alter ego; Gus Birney and Dylan Gage play Pat and Terry’s kids. In the series, Patricia “Pat” Phelps (Cox) is a former “wild child” who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women’s empowerment novel

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Apr 17, 2021
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New HBO Docuseries “Prey, Obey, Kill” Delves Into A Crime That Rocked A Swedish Village

Listen up true crime fans, there’s a new docuseries that’s just premiered on HBO Max that you need to check out. Titled “Pray, Obey, Kill,” the limited series delves into the devastating consequences that come with the abuse of power by individuals and institutions. In “Pray, Obey, Kill,” acclaimed journalists, Martin Johnson and Anton Berg, alongside director Henrik Georgsson, seek to shed new light on what really happened on the freezing cold night in January 2004 when gunshots rang out across the sleepy Swedish village of Knutby. A young woman was murdered, and her neighbor suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but why? After a quick confession, the world’s attention turned towards the tight-knit Pentecostal congregation with twisted beliefs and secrets. The ensuing court case became an international sensation. Johnson and Berg investigate new angles of the case, accessing material that has never been revealed before and conducting exclusive interviews with former congregation members who are telling the truth about the sect

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Apr 17, 2021
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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel Scores An Official Title and MPAA Rating

The upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel is one step closer to getting a release date. The official title has been revealed to be simply Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That’s not all, the movie has officially been rated by the MPAA. It’s received an R-rating is for “strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language.” Thank god it’s not another PG13 horror! Texas Chainsaw Massacre is produced by Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe‘s Fede Álvarez. While much of the details are still being kept quiet, Álvarez has confirmed that it is indeed a sequel and includes the original Leatherface who he referred to as “old man Leatherface.” As for the SFX, he’s stated that “everything is a classic, old-school gags. It’s a very old-school approach to filmmaking. Vintage lenses… it’s very similar to the original film.” Emmy Award-Winner David Blue Garcia is in the director’s chair for the movie. Garcia signed on to director after the original directors, Andy and Ryan Tohill,

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Apr 17, 2021
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‘Great White’ Is Swimming Your Way This Summer

RLJE Films has been busy. We just reported that this May they are releasing the horror-thriller Son. Now we can report that they will be unleashing the action-horror film, Great White this summer with a Shudder release to follow. Written by Michael Boughen (Dying Breed) and directed by Martin Wilson in his feature debut, Great White stars Katrina Bowden (Piranha 3DD, “30 Rock”), Aaron Jakubenko (“Tidelands”), Kimie Tsukakoshi (Riptide), Tim Kano (“Neighbours”), and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Love and Monsters, “The Dead Lands”). In Great White, a blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare when five seaplane passengers are stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival, the group tries to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking just beneath the surface. We’ve all been afraid to go back into the water since 1975 and GREAT WHITE is going to keep us out of the water for

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Apr 16, 2021

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Movie Review: At Night Comes Wolves (2021)

Director TJ Marine’s At Night Comes Wolves is headed towards its release. Here are my thoughts on the movie about a cult. Right off to bat we meet a couple, Leah and her husband Daniel. We are given reason after reason to dislike Daniel whose dutiful wife will do anything to please him. She gets to her breaking point and just walks away from her life and her asshole of a husband. She meets a young woman who leads her to her Guru/cult leader, and things quickly unravel as secrets are revealed. The lead character played by Gabi Alves is left lacking. She has very few lines and mostly just mopes around the entire movie, which is not the fault of the actress. There’s also very little character development for her, which is a shame. I think the film was meant to speak out against misogyny and mistreatment, yet when the main character gets out of an abusive relationship she

Continue reading →
Apr 19, 2021
Horror Fuel

George A. Romero & Dario Argento’s ‘Two Evil Eyes’ Getting A 4K Ultra Re-Release

Blue Underground, the company that brought you Maniac and Zombie on 4K, is gearing up to deliver Two Evil Eyes on 4K Ultra this summer. Originally released back in 1990, the film was directed by two legendary directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento. Two Evil Eyes features two tales, both based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. In one story a greedy wife murders her husband, in the other, a reporter takes in a strange black cat. The movie features an all-star cast including Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), Ramy Ada (“NYPD Blue”), Bingo O’Malley (Creepshow), John Amos (Coming to America, Coming 2 America), Tom Atkins (My Bloody Valentine, Halloween III), and Jonathan Adams (Rocky Horror Picture Show). Two Evil Eyes will be released on August 24, 2021, “in true 4K Ultra High Definition with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix.” We’ll let you know when the pre-order date is announced.

Continue reading →
Apr 19, 2021
Horror Fuel

Two Women Must Find A Way To Trust Each Other To Survive In ‘Goodbye Honey’

Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite, and Digital HD release of the tension-ridden thriller Goodbye Honey, directed and co-written by Max Strand and co-writer and producer Todd Rawiszer. In the film, “Dawn, a truck driver, pulls into a state park to get some sleep when she is ambushed by Phoebe, a young woman who claims she is fleeing from an abductor. Dawn is wary of Phoebe’s story, leading to a struggle that leaves her phone broken, the keys missing, and nothing but darkness between them and help. As the night progresses, it becomes clear they are not alone. Bonding over a shared history of trauma, Dawn and Phoebe realize they must learn to trust each other if they want to survive a night full of unexpected twists and violent turns.” Pamela Jayne Morgan (Just Say Goodbye) and Juliette Alice Gobin (Look At Me), headline the cast that also includes Peyton Michelle Edwards (Weekenders), Paul C. Kelly (Driftwood), and

Continue reading →
Apr 18, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Undergods’ Trailer Takes Into A Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare

Director Chino Moya makes his feature directorial debut with the award-winning post-apocalypse film Undergods which is now playing in select theaters and is available on VOD, from Gravitas Ventures. The film is set, “in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, K and Z roam the streets on the lookout for corpses and something even more valuable – fresh meat.” Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones”) and Ned Dennehy (“Good Omens,” “Peaky Blinders”) star in Undergods along with Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, Enola Holmes), Geza Rohrig (Resistance, Son of Saul), and Tanya Reynolds (Emma., Sex Education). A limited-edition Blu-ray and a vinyl soundtrack will be later this year. Check out the trailer and watch it today.

Continue reading →
Apr 18, 2021
Review: Amazon's Series "Them" Hits You Like A Sledgehammer

Review: Amazon’s Series “Them” Hits You Like A Sledgehammer

“Them,” set in the 1950s, centers on a black family who moves from their home in North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during a period known as “The Great Migration.” The family’s new idyllic home soon becomes ground zero for racial prejudice, malevolent otherworldly forces, and other evils that threaten to ravage and destroy them. Honestly, I didn’t make it through the premiere episode on my first try. I couldn’t finish it. I was left emotional and heartbroken. It took me several days to try again, this time I lasted through the end of the premiere and two more episodes before I folded and gave up again. My heart couldn’t take it. A day or two later, I was determined to see it through. I was left angry and depressed, and I couldn’t get it out of my head. Billed as a horror series, the show is more about the horrors African Americans have faced than about scares

Continue reading →
Apr 18, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Writer Faces Off Against An Escaped Psycho In ‘Why’

When a writer takes refuge at a cabin in the woods to write her book she has no idea that an escaped killer is heading her way in Why, out now on VOD and Digital, from High Octane Pictures. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why is directed by Corbin Timbrook. In the film, “Writer Blake Sinclair goes away for the weekend to the small town of Northdale to stay in a cabin and finish writing her book, with plans to meet her husband days later. Unaware that a madman, a killer has escaped a mental hospital. He returns to his home, coincidently, the same cabin where Blake is staying in Northdale. The killer toys with Blake and must be stopped, but will her husband make it in time to save her?” In 2016, Timbrook received two nominations at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival for his work on the feature

Continue reading →
Apr 18, 2021
Horror Fuel

Courtney Cox Moves Into A Cursed House In New Horror-Comedy Series “Shining Vale”

Ahead of her return to the Scream franchise in next year’s movie simply titled Scream, Courtney Cox is set to star in the recently-announced horror-comedy series “Shining Vale,” which has now received a series order from Starz. And we’ve got the first image (via Bloody-Disgusting). “Shining Vale” centers on a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town, not knowing their new home was the site of terrible atrocities. But no one seems to notice except for Pat, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed— turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. The eight-episode first season is from Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan also stars Greg Kinnear as Pat’s sweet husband, Terry; Mira Sorvino plays the role of Rosemary, Pat’s alter ego; Gus Birney and Dylan Gage play Pat and Terry’s kids. In the series, Patricia “Pat” Phelps (Cox) is a former “wild child” who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women’s empowerment novel

Continue reading →
Apr 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

New HBO Docuseries “Prey, Obey, Kill” Delves Into A Crime That Rocked A Swedish Village

Listen up true crime fans, there’s a new docuseries that’s just premiered on HBO Max that you need to check out. Titled “Pray, Obey, Kill,” the limited series delves into the devastating consequences that come with the abuse of power by individuals and institutions. In “Pray, Obey, Kill,” acclaimed journalists, Martin Johnson and Anton Berg, alongside director Henrik Georgsson, seek to shed new light on what really happened on the freezing cold night in January 2004 when gunshots rang out across the sleepy Swedish village of Knutby. A young woman was murdered, and her neighbor suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but why? After a quick confession, the world’s attention turned towards the tight-knit Pentecostal congregation with twisted beliefs and secrets. The ensuing court case became an international sensation. Johnson and Berg investigate new angles of the case, accessing material that has never been revealed before and conducting exclusive interviews with former congregation members who are telling the truth about the sect

Continue reading →
Apr 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel Scores An Official Title and MPAA Rating

The upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel is one step closer to getting a release date. The official title has been revealed to be simply Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That’s not all, the movie has officially been rated by the MPAA. It’s received an R-rating is for “strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language.” Thank god it’s not another PG13 horror! Texas Chainsaw Massacre is produced by Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe‘s Fede Álvarez. While much of the details are still being kept quiet, Álvarez has confirmed that it is indeed a sequel and includes the original Leatherface who he referred to as “old man Leatherface.” As for the SFX, he’s stated that “everything is a classic, old-school gags. It’s a very old-school approach to filmmaking. Vintage lenses… it’s very similar to the original film.” Emmy Award-Winner David Blue Garcia is in the director’s chair for the movie. Garcia signed on to director after the original directors, Andy and Ryan Tohill,

Continue reading →
Apr 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Great White’ Is Swimming Your Way This Summer

RLJE Films has been busy. We just reported that this May they are releasing the horror-thriller Son. Now we can report that they will be unleashing the action-horror film, Great White this summer with a Shudder release to follow. Written by Michael Boughen (Dying Breed) and directed by Martin Wilson in his feature debut, Great White stars Katrina Bowden (Piranha 3DD, “30 Rock”), Aaron Jakubenko (“Tidelands”), Kimie Tsukakoshi (Riptide), Tim Kano (“Neighbours”), and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Love and Monsters, “The Dead Lands”). In Great White, a blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare when five seaplane passengers are stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival, the group tries to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking just beneath the surface. We’ve all been afraid to go back into the water since 1975 and GREAT WHITE is going to keep us out of the water for

Continue reading →
Apr 16, 2021