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Chad Archibald And Cody Calahan Are Taking Us To ‘The Cleaners’

Chad Archbald (Bite, Let Her Out) and Cody Calahan (Antisocial, Antisocial 2) and their company Black Fawn films are working to deliver a new television series, titled The Cleaners. The Cleaners follows a team of crime scene cleaners who mop up after supernatural killings, hiding the truth from the world… that monsters really do exist. From the Press Release: Award-winning horror film producers and directors Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films are set to showcase their TV series concept “The Cleaners,” created by Calahan and Al Kratina, to networks in Banff. For the first time ever, William F. White Int’l. will allow a production company to take over its social media sites. Black Fawn Films will control the WFW Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channel for three days. While in Calgary, Black Fawn will be making a stop to meet fans at the Calgary Horror-Con on June 11th, where they will be presenting at a panel moderated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Netflix Announces Forest Whitaker Joining Theo James In ‘How It Ends’

Netflix has announced that Forest Whitaker has signed on to co-star alongside Theo James (Underworld: Awakening), David M. Rosenthal (Jacob’s Ladder remake) in the post-apocalyptic thriller How It Ends, THR reports. Beginning production in Canada next month under the direction of David M. Rosenthal, the film centers on a mysterious apocalyptic event that turns the world into mayhem. Theo James plays a young father who will stop at nothing to get across the country to his pregnant wife. Written by Brooks McLaren, How It Ends is produced by Paul Sciff, Kelly McCormick, Tai Duncan, and Patrick Newall serve as producers. Sierra’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Meet The Newest LBGT Icon, The Babadook ?

Pride month is in full swing and fate has it a mistake made Netflix has cast the creepy stove-pipe-hat-wearing ghoul from The Babadook, one of 2014’s biggest films, as a new LBGT icon. So how did Netflix transform the creepy character from scary to utterly fabulous? They accidentally put the film in the LBGT section of their streaming service and things snowballed from there. Following the news and multiple memes the icon was born. If you think about it, The Babadook, written and directed by Jennifer Kent, has a lot in common in with some members of the LBGT community. He’s an entity hiding the shadows like many of the closeted members of the community. He’s different and very flamboyant. I mean, come on he rocks a top hat and cloak. The family knows he’s there but try to look past him and ignore what he is. At the end of the film he “comes out” and the main character

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Tom Hardy’s ‘Taboo’ To Have Two More Seasons

One of the best series to premiere this year was Tom Hardy’s Taboo on FX. The dark series with supernatural aspects, written by Hardy and Steven Knight, won’t be sticking around past it’s welcome. Knight, who also writes the hit series Peaky Blinders, told HuffPostUK that the series will be “three series and out’. I can feel three acts. The first was ‘the escape’. The second will be ‘the journey’ and the third will be ‘the arrival’, and that’ll be it.” Knight explains.”I don’t think the story will be what viewers are expecting, but hopefully they’ll enjoy it.” The series has already been renewed for it’s second season which follows James Delaney (Hardy) as he leaves London for the “New World”. According to Knight the violence and dark themes will continue in the upcoming season. It’s not simple violence,” Knight told the site. “It’s dealing with a time when violence was much more acceptance, plus this kind of drama is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Movie Review: ‘Devil’s Domain’ Is Devoid Of Any Real Fire

High school…it can be absolute hell, and Lisa Pomson is a young woman who can vouch for the veracity of that statement. She’s a smart, sweet and pretty, but also quite timid. Aside from that, Lisa is just your average bulimic, sexually conflicted cutter, whose parents don’t understand her teenage plight. And while the daily verbal barbs and jabs her classmates inflict upon her have become commonplace, in this digital world we live in, social media platforms have become tools by which cyber bullies can wage incredibly malicious and cruel attacks on their victims. So when an embarrassing video of her makes its way into the hands of her tormentors, it takes little time for it to make the rounds at her school. The incessant teasing that results is enough to push her to the brink of suicide, that is until a mysterious stranger reaches out to Lisa online pull her back from the edge. Lisa’s “savior” is a blonde

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
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Tory Jones Announces Indiegogo Campaign For Upcoming Film ‘Angel’

Joneston Films and Concept Media Films present the genre thriller Angel from award-winning writer-director Tory Jones (The Wicked One). In the film, a brutal massacre plagued the isolated and peaceful town of Raven Rock in 1986, the remaining residents fled, leaving the once tranquil community behind. For thirty years the town has been chained and walled off from the outside world while deteriorating and crumbling. However, not all has been quiet as disappearances have been attributed to the supposedly haunted town. Now a headstrong journalist and her team venture to Raven Rock to investigate the town, its history, and the missing persons. What they will discover is sometimes the truth is more disturbing than myth and Raven Rock is still being occupied. The exciting thing to me about Angel is we are developing a fully immersive world that those who experience it can get lost in. The story is gripping, the locations are surreal, and our antagonist is female. It’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
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‘The Gracefield Incident’ To Be Declassified This July

The chaotic new trailer has been unleashed for Mathyieu Ratthe’s upcoming film The Gracefield Incident which takes POV to a new level. The film, which took three years to complete, is seen through a prosthetic eye with a camera embedded inside. Not only did Ratthe direct the film, he wrote, produced and edited it as well. Ratthe stars along side Laurence Dauphinais, Lori Graham, Kimberly Laferrire, Juliet Gosselin, Alex C. Nachi and Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles. In The Gracefield Incident Matt, a video game developer, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record a weekend getaway with friends to a mountaintop cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes nearby, forcing everyone to face their darkest nightmares. The Gracefield Incident we be declassified on July 21, 2017. Follow to film on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
Horror Fuel

Stephen And Robbie Amell Have Teamed Up For ‘Code 8’

Principle photography has begun in Toronto on the sci-fi thriller Code 8 after raising $1, 722, 409 on Indiegogo. Starring and produced by cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell, the film is directed by Jeff Chan, Variety reports. Stephen Amell is best known for his role Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on the series Arrow, while Robbie Amell stars as Raymond/Deathstorm in The Flash series. Both series air on The CW. Fast and the Furious actor Sung Kang co-stars alongside Kari Matchett (Maudie), Greg Bryk (Fronteir) and Aaron Abrams of Hannibal. The film is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, most “specials” face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime in a world now monitored by drones, guardians, and police. Robbie Amell’s character is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s health treatment and is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Stephen Amell’s character,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
Horror Fuel

‘It Comes At Night’ Review: Derivative Dystopia

While Get Out still has my vote for best horror film of the year so far, It Comes At Night get’s a more dubious accolade; most misleading marketing. Most of the movie is set during the day, the titular It is refers to a few nightmares experienced by one of the characters, and the doors slamming shut on their own and monsters seemingly hiding in the shadows aren’t in the film at all. As opposed to the similar titled It Follows S. T. D monster (is the D for demon?) there is no tangible threat referring to the films title. Sure, there are some extended nightmare scenes but to me thats kind of stretching it. No, instead this is one of those horror movies where the monster is actually us all along, men driven to madness through desperation and fear. Great, that’s fine, that’s dandy, but then please don’t fucking try and sell it to me as a monster flick.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 8, 2017
Horror Fuel

Season Two Of The Exorcist Will Introduce A New Family

Last month we were extremely happy to report that The Exorcist would be getting a second season after all. Now, the question on everyone’s mind is where does the show go from here. Thanks to TVLine we have an answer. In the second season we will meet a new set of characters. Priests Ortega (Alfonzo Herrera), Marcus (Ben Daniels) and Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan) return to help a new family in crisis. Even though the Rance family won’t be part of the main storyline it is a possibility that they may make a cameo. A potential season two would find Marcus, Tomas and Bennett tasked with helping a new family or a new case of possession.” Creator Jeremy Slater said. “That doesn’t mean we’ll never see any of the Rances again, but I think the fans would feel disappointed and cheated if we simply brought Captain Howdy back for round three. The Rances have escaped this legacy of terror–for the time

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2017

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Chad Archibald And Cody Calahan Are Taking Us To ‘The Cleaners’

Chad Archbald (Bite, Let Her Out) and Cody Calahan (Antisocial, Antisocial 2) and their company Black Fawn films are working to deliver a new television series, titled The Cleaners. The Cleaners follows a team of crime scene cleaners who mop up after supernatural killings, hiding the truth from the world… that monsters really do exist. From the Press Release: Award-winning horror film producers and directors Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films are set to showcase their TV series concept “The Cleaners,” created by Calahan and Al Kratina, to networks in Banff. For the first time ever, William F. White Int’l. will allow a production company to take over its social media sites. Black Fawn Films will control the WFW Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channel for three days. While in Calgary, Black Fawn will be making a stop to meet fans at the Calgary Horror-Con on June 11th, where they will be presenting at a panel moderated

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Netflix Announces Forest Whitaker Joining Theo James In ‘How It Ends’

Netflix has announced that Forest Whitaker has signed on to co-star alongside Theo James (Underworld: Awakening), David M. Rosenthal (Jacob’s Ladder remake) in the post-apocalyptic thriller How It Ends, THR reports. Beginning production in Canada next month under the direction of David M. Rosenthal, the film centers on a mysterious apocalyptic event that turns the world into mayhem. Theo James plays a young father who will stop at nothing to get across the country to his pregnant wife. Written by Brooks McLaren, How It Ends is produced by Paul Sciff, Kelly McCormick, Tai Duncan, and Patrick Newall serve as producers. Sierra’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Meet The Newest LBGT Icon, The Babadook ?

Pride month is in full swing and fate has it a mistake made Netflix has cast the creepy stove-pipe-hat-wearing ghoul from The Babadook, one of 2014’s biggest films, as a new LBGT icon. So how did Netflix transform the creepy character from scary to utterly fabulous? They accidentally put the film in the LBGT section of their streaming service and things snowballed from there. Following the news and multiple memes the icon was born. If you think about it, The Babadook, written and directed by Jennifer Kent, has a lot in common in with some members of the LBGT community. He’s an entity hiding the shadows like many of the closeted members of the community. He’s different and very flamboyant. I mean, come on he rocks a top hat and cloak. The family knows he’s there but try to look past him and ignore what he is. At the end of the film he “comes out” and the main character

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Tom Hardy’s ‘Taboo’ To Have Two More Seasons

One of the best series to premiere this year was Tom Hardy’s Taboo on FX. The dark series with supernatural aspects, written by Hardy and Steven Knight, won’t be sticking around past it’s welcome. Knight, who also writes the hit series Peaky Blinders, told HuffPostUK that the series will be “three series and out’. I can feel three acts. The first was ‘the escape’. The second will be ‘the journey’ and the third will be ‘the arrival’, and that’ll be it.” Knight explains.”I don’t think the story will be what viewers are expecting, but hopefully they’ll enjoy it.” The series has already been renewed for it’s second season which follows James Delaney (Hardy) as he leaves London for the “New World”. According to Knight the violence and dark themes will continue in the upcoming season. It’s not simple violence,” Knight told the site. “It’s dealing with a time when violence was much more acceptance, plus this kind of drama is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2017
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Movie Review: ‘Devil’s Domain’ Is Devoid Of Any Real Fire

High school…it can be absolute hell, and Lisa Pomson is a young woman who can vouch for the veracity of that statement. She’s a smart, sweet and pretty, but also quite timid. Aside from that, Lisa is just your average bulimic, sexually conflicted cutter, whose parents don’t understand her teenage plight. And while the daily verbal barbs and jabs her classmates inflict upon her have become commonplace, in this digital world we live in, social media platforms have become tools by which cyber bullies can wage incredibly malicious and cruel attacks on their victims. So when an embarrassing video of her makes its way into the hands of her tormentors, it takes little time for it to make the rounds at her school. The incessant teasing that results is enough to push her to the brink of suicide, that is until a mysterious stranger reaches out to Lisa online pull her back from the edge. Lisa’s “savior” is a blonde

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
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Tory Jones Announces Indiegogo Campaign For Upcoming Film ‘Angel’

Joneston Films and Concept Media Films present the genre thriller Angel from award-winning writer-director Tory Jones (The Wicked One). In the film, a brutal massacre plagued the isolated and peaceful town of Raven Rock in 1986, the remaining residents fled, leaving the once tranquil community behind. For thirty years the town has been chained and walled off from the outside world while deteriorating and crumbling. However, not all has been quiet as disappearances have been attributed to the supposedly haunted town. Now a headstrong journalist and her team venture to Raven Rock to investigate the town, its history, and the missing persons. What they will discover is sometimes the truth is more disturbing than myth and Raven Rock is still being occupied. The exciting thing to me about Angel is we are developing a fully immersive world that those who experience it can get lost in. The story is gripping, the locations are surreal, and our antagonist is female. It’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
Horror Fuel

‘The Gracefield Incident’ To Be Declassified This July

The chaotic new trailer has been unleashed for Mathyieu Ratthe’s upcoming film The Gracefield Incident which takes POV to a new level. The film, which took three years to complete, is seen through a prosthetic eye with a camera embedded inside. Not only did Ratthe direct the film, he wrote, produced and edited it as well. Ratthe stars along side Laurence Dauphinais, Lori Graham, Kimberly Laferrire, Juliet Gosselin, Alex C. Nachi and Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles. In The Gracefield Incident Matt, a video game developer, embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record a weekend getaway with friends to a mountaintop cabin. The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes nearby, forcing everyone to face their darkest nightmares. The Gracefield Incident we be declassified on July 21, 2017. Follow to film on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
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Stephen And Robbie Amell Have Teamed Up For ‘Code 8’

Principle photography has begun in Toronto on the sci-fi thriller Code 8 after raising $1, 722, 409 on Indiegogo. Starring and produced by cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell, the film is directed by Jeff Chan, Variety reports. Stephen Amell is best known for his role Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on the series Arrow, while Robbie Amell stars as Raymond/Deathstorm in The Flash series. Both series air on The CW. Fast and the Furious actor Sung Kang co-stars alongside Kari Matchett (Maudie), Greg Bryk (Fronteir) and Aaron Abrams of Hannibal. The film is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, most “specials” face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime in a world now monitored by drones, guardians, and police. Robbie Amell’s character is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s health treatment and is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Stephen Amell’s character,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2017
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‘It Comes At Night’ Review: Derivative Dystopia

While Get Out still has my vote for best horror film of the year so far, It Comes At Night get’s a more dubious accolade; most misleading marketing. Most of the movie is set during the day, the titular It is refers to a few nightmares experienced by one of the characters, and the doors slamming shut on their own and monsters seemingly hiding in the shadows aren’t in the film at all. As opposed to the similar titled It Follows S. T. D monster (is the D for demon?) there is no tangible threat referring to the films title. Sure, there are some extended nightmare scenes but to me thats kind of stretching it. No, instead this is one of those horror movies where the monster is actually us all along, men driven to madness through desperation and fear. Great, that’s fine, that’s dandy, but then please don’t fucking try and sell it to me as a monster flick.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 8, 2017
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Season Two Of The Exorcist Will Introduce A New Family

Last month we were extremely happy to report that The Exorcist would be getting a second season after all. Now, the question on everyone’s mind is where does the show go from here. Thanks to TVLine we have an answer. In the second season we will meet a new set of characters. Priests Ortega (Alfonzo Herrera), Marcus (Ben Daniels) and Bennett (Kurt Egyiawan) return to help a new family in crisis. Even though the Rance family won’t be part of the main storyline it is a possibility that they may make a cameo. A potential season two would find Marcus, Tomas and Bennett tasked with helping a new family or a new case of possession.” Creator Jeremy Slater said. “That doesn’t mean we’ll never see any of the Rances again, but I think the fans would feel disappointed and cheated if we simply brought Captain Howdy back for round three. The Rances have escaped this legacy of terror–for the time

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2017
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