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Blu-ray Review: Doom Asylum (1987)

A lawyer gets into a car accident (after an over-the-top display of hysterics) that leaves him horribly disfigured and his girlfriend a corpse. As such individuals do, he now stalks the halls of an abandoned asylum, just waiting to put the murder biz on anyone foolish to enter the putrid place. As if on cue, a bunch of fools (including some teens and an all female noise rock band…the leader of which must have a diet that consists of nothing but scenery for the amount of it she chews through the film’s run time) do indeed decide to pay the asylum a visit resulting in gore, popped tops (well one top to be more accurate), and one liners! The first thing you have to realize about Doom Asylum is that it absolutely refuses to take itself seriously. Once you get past that lil’ tidbit you can just kick back and enjoy the intentionally over-the-top acting, wise crakin’ killer, scenarios, and

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DanXIII
Jul 17, 2018
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Legendary Adapting Julian Terry’s ‘They Hear It’ For Feature Film

Legendary Pictures has snatched up director Julian Terry’s short horror film They Hear It with the intentions of making a feature adaptation, taking the same path as Lights Out and Mama. Created by Terry as a proof of concept short film, The Hear It will mark his feature directorial debut. While full plot details for the feature are being kept hush, hush, Deadline is already comparing it to It and A Nightmare on Elm Street. What we do know is that in the movie there is “a mysterious and terrifying noise called The Sound that attracts children when they hear it.” Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona are producing, with Jacob Chase serving as executive producer. Silk and Blake Avery will oversee for Legendary. Terry won the Annabelle Creation short film contest last year with his terrifying short film The Nurse, which you can watch below. Created by Terry as a proof of concept short, Terry won the Annabelle Creation short

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Fraternity Life Turns Terrifying In The ‘Pledge’ Trailer Released Ahead Of FIFF Premiere

Ahead of the premiere of Daniel Robbin’s Pledge this month at the Fantasia International Film Festival a new teaser trailer has been released giving us our first look at the film inspired by social thrillers. Pledge explores the long-running tradition of fraternities, hazing, and the dynamics that have led to deaths across American Campuses. It’s not getting into the fraternity that three geeky college freshmen need to worry about, it’s getting out alive! We watch as a desperate situation erupts into sickening violence in this suspenseful horror thriller. Produced by New York’s Stag Pictures in association with BoulderLight Pictures who was also behind Dismissed and Bad Match, Pledge stars Zack Weiner (Uncaged), Phillip Botello (Criminal Minds), Zachery Byrd (Blindspot), Cameron Cowperthwaite (American Horror Story: Cult), Aaron Dalla Villa (Duels), and Jesse Pimentel (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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More Join The All Star Cast Of The Zombie Flick ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

More cast members have been announced for Jim Jarmusch‘s zombie flick The Dead Don’t Die, including comedy legend Bill Murray (Ghostbusters), Rosie Perez (White Men Can’t Jump), and Daniel Craig (Casino Royale). The cast list for the horror comedy reads like a who’s who of Hollywood and also includes Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Selena Gomez, Austin Butler (Shannara Chronicles), Chloë Sevigny (Neighbors 2), Tilda Swinton (Constantine), and Steve Buscemi (Fargo). Impressive right? Production has begun on The Dead Don’t Die, from Focus Features. While the plot and release date haven’t been revealed yet, the cast alone makes it a must-see film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Arrow Video Announces Limited Edition ‘Candyman’ Blu-ray

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman…is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release! Arrow Video has announced a limited edition release in the UK of one of the best horror films of the 90’s, Candyman. The film, directed by Bernard Rose, has been restored, so the picture and sound will be better than ever. The Blu-ray also has some serious special features. Starring horror icon Tony Todd, the classic centers on “grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) who begins working on a thesis looking at urban legends, she encounters the tale of the Candyman – the vengeful spirit of a hook-handed slave, who, it is said, can be summoned by saying his name five times in the mirror. As her research leads her into the bowels of Chicago’s deprived housing projects and deeper into the Candyman’s world, Helen learns that some legends are best left alone…” Candyman will be unleashed on October 29, 2018, just in time for Halloween. Pre-order your Blu-ray now. Special

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Short Film Review: Parlour Tricks (2018)

Family members gather in a Victorian parlour to attend a seance conducted to communicate with their deceased aunt…in order to determine how she wanted her possessions and money distributed as she left no will. As the seance occurs, these vultures…err, loving relatives encounter a spirit close to them, but not exactly the one they intended on… Written and Directed by legendary horror biz Scream Queen and Burlesque performer Tristan Risk (American Mary), Parlour Tricks is one hell of a campy, over-the-top, piece of creepy comedy! Starring a fantastically game cast including: Gidget Gravedigger (Caravan of Creeps, Dark Entries podcast, Abracadaver Cabaret), Emma Eldritch (Abracadaver Cabaret, Dark Entries podcast, Osculum Infame), Tyler Nichols (Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom, 28 Geeks Later), and Sean Covernton (Princess Blasteroid, TheBasketball Game, Trick or Treat:The Halloween Party), and featuring wonderfully moody black and white cinematography by Jordan Barnes-Crouse (which creates a nice contrast to the ridiculous action happening on screen) this is an impressive

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DanXIII
Jul 16, 2018
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Blu-ray Review: What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

After a naked pregnant woman is found hung from the rafters in an attic (and not unlike an overcrowded submarine, she is packed to the gills with semen), Inspector Silvestri (Claudio Cassinelli) and Assistant District Attorney Vittoria Stori (Giovanna Ralli) spring into action. As the duo dig deeper they discover the victim was part of an under-age teenage prostitution ring whose “clients” (read: abusers) are some of your garden variety high society perverts. As the search widens, the bodies begin piling up…thanks to a motorcycle helmet wearing, cleaver wielding psycho. Will our heroes be able to keep their body parts intact until the crime is solved? What Have They Done to Your Daughters? is a damn solid giallo picture, and being such their are a few things you can expect to see…namely excellent practical gore and bloodshed, some detective work through a twist filled plot, and a black gloved, masked killer dispatching folks six ways to Sunday. Along with that

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DanXIII
Jul 15, 2018
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Humans Aren’t The Only Species Fighting To Survive In The Predator’s Latest Trailer

It’s scary to think that there is something out there bigger, smarter, faster, and more badass than Predator. But there is, the “Ultimate Predator”, and that’s exactly what we get an eye full of in the latest trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator. The Predator may be hunting us, but the “Ultimate Predator” is hunting it. “From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018
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James Wan’s ‘The Children’ Gets A New Name And Teaser Trailer

The James Wan-produced horror film The Children has a new title and teaser trailer. Now renamed The Curse of La Llorona, the film was directed by Michael Chaves and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou, Raymond Cruz, and Sean Patrick Thomas star. “The story follows a social worker who, while investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children, discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy.” Wan, under the banner of his company Atomic Monster, produces alongside Gary Dauberman and Emile Gladstone. Michael Clear serves as executive producer. The Curse of La Llorona is from New Line, who serves as a home for Wan’s Conjuring universe, which includes both the Annabelle films and the upcoming Conjuring 2 spin-off The Nun. Witness The Curse of La Llorona in theaters April 19, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018
Horror Fuel

Things Get Too Real In The New ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ Trailer

Ahead of Unfriended: Dark Web‘s theatrical opening later this month, a new trailer has arrived and it’s pretty creepy. “Unfolding in real-time Unfriended: Dark Web is the most terrifying horror yet from the producer of Get Out, Happy Death Day and The Purge, and the makers of Unfriended. When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.” Written and directed by Stephen Susco, Dark Web stars Betty Gabriel, Colin Woodell, Andrew Lees, and Connor Del Rio. Timur Bekmambetov, Jason Blum, and Majd Nassif serve as producers. Unfriended: Dark Web opens in theaters on July 20, 2018, from Blumhouse.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018

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Blu-ray Review: Doom Asylum (1987)

A lawyer gets into a car accident (after an over-the-top display of hysterics) that leaves him horribly disfigured and his girlfriend a corpse. As such individuals do, he now stalks the halls of an abandoned asylum, just waiting to put the murder biz on anyone foolish to enter the putrid place. As if on cue, a bunch of fools (including some teens and an all female noise rock band…the leader of which must have a diet that consists of nothing but scenery for the amount of it she chews through the film’s run time) do indeed decide to pay the asylum a visit resulting in gore, popped tops (well one top to be more accurate), and one liners! The first thing you have to realize about Doom Asylum is that it absolutely refuses to take itself seriously. Once you get past that lil’ tidbit you can just kick back and enjoy the intentionally over-the-top acting, wise crakin’ killer, scenarios, and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 17, 2018
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Legendary Adapting Julian Terry’s ‘They Hear It’ For Feature Film

Legendary Pictures has snatched up director Julian Terry’s short horror film They Hear It with the intentions of making a feature adaptation, taking the same path as Lights Out and Mama. Created by Terry as a proof of concept short film, The Hear It will mark his feature directorial debut. While full plot details for the feature are being kept hush, hush, Deadline is already comparing it to It and A Nightmare on Elm Street. What we do know is that in the movie there is “a mysterious and terrifying noise called The Sound that attracts children when they hear it.” Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona are producing, with Jacob Chase serving as executive producer. Silk and Blake Avery will oversee for Legendary. Terry won the Annabelle Creation short film contest last year with his terrifying short film The Nurse, which you can watch below. Created by Terry as a proof of concept short, Terry won the Annabelle Creation short

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Fraternity Life Turns Terrifying In The ‘Pledge’ Trailer Released Ahead Of FIFF Premiere

Ahead of the premiere of Daniel Robbin’s Pledge this month at the Fantasia International Film Festival a new teaser trailer has been released giving us our first look at the film inspired by social thrillers. Pledge explores the long-running tradition of fraternities, hazing, and the dynamics that have led to deaths across American Campuses. It’s not getting into the fraternity that three geeky college freshmen need to worry about, it’s getting out alive! We watch as a desperate situation erupts into sickening violence in this suspenseful horror thriller. Produced by New York’s Stag Pictures in association with BoulderLight Pictures who was also behind Dismissed and Bad Match, Pledge stars Zack Weiner (Uncaged), Phillip Botello (Criminal Minds), Zachery Byrd (Blindspot), Cameron Cowperthwaite (American Horror Story: Cult), Aaron Dalla Villa (Duels), and Jesse Pimentel (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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More Join The All Star Cast Of The Zombie Flick ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

More cast members have been announced for Jim Jarmusch‘s zombie flick The Dead Don’t Die, including comedy legend Bill Murray (Ghostbusters), Rosie Perez (White Men Can’t Jump), and Daniel Craig (Casino Royale). The cast list for the horror comedy reads like a who’s who of Hollywood and also includes Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Selena Gomez, Austin Butler (Shannara Chronicles), Chloë Sevigny (Neighbors 2), Tilda Swinton (Constantine), and Steve Buscemi (Fargo). Impressive right? Production has begun on The Dead Don’t Die, from Focus Features. While the plot and release date haven’t been revealed yet, the cast alone makes it a must-see film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Arrow Video Announces Limited Edition ‘Candyman’ Blu-ray

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman…is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release! Arrow Video has announced a limited edition release in the UK of one of the best horror films of the 90’s, Candyman. The film, directed by Bernard Rose, has been restored, so the picture and sound will be better than ever. The Blu-ray also has some serious special features. Starring horror icon Tony Todd, the classic centers on “grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) who begins working on a thesis looking at urban legends, she encounters the tale of the Candyman – the vengeful spirit of a hook-handed slave, who, it is said, can be summoned by saying his name five times in the mirror. As her research leads her into the bowels of Chicago’s deprived housing projects and deeper into the Candyman’s world, Helen learns that some legends are best left alone…” Candyman will be unleashed on October 29, 2018, just in time for Halloween. Pre-order your Blu-ray now. Special

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2018
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Short Film Review: Parlour Tricks (2018)

Family members gather in a Victorian parlour to attend a seance conducted to communicate with their deceased aunt…in order to determine how she wanted her possessions and money distributed as she left no will. As the seance occurs, these vultures…err, loving relatives encounter a spirit close to them, but not exactly the one they intended on… Written and Directed by legendary horror biz Scream Queen and Burlesque performer Tristan Risk (American Mary), Parlour Tricks is one hell of a campy, over-the-top, piece of creepy comedy! Starring a fantastically game cast including: Gidget Gravedigger (Caravan of Creeps, Dark Entries podcast, Abracadaver Cabaret), Emma Eldritch (Abracadaver Cabaret, Dark Entries podcast, Osculum Infame), Tyler Nichols (Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom, 28 Geeks Later), and Sean Covernton (Princess Blasteroid, TheBasketball Game, Trick or Treat:The Halloween Party), and featuring wonderfully moody black and white cinematography by Jordan Barnes-Crouse (which creates a nice contrast to the ridiculous action happening on screen) this is an impressive

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 16, 2018
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Blu-ray Review: What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

After a naked pregnant woman is found hung from the rafters in an attic (and not unlike an overcrowded submarine, she is packed to the gills with semen), Inspector Silvestri (Claudio Cassinelli) and Assistant District Attorney Vittoria Stori (Giovanna Ralli) spring into action. As the duo dig deeper they discover the victim was part of an under-age teenage prostitution ring whose “clients” (read: abusers) are some of your garden variety high society perverts. As the search widens, the bodies begin piling up…thanks to a motorcycle helmet wearing, cleaver wielding psycho. Will our heroes be able to keep their body parts intact until the crime is solved? What Have They Done to Your Daughters? is a damn solid giallo picture, and being such their are a few things you can expect to see…namely excellent practical gore and bloodshed, some detective work through a twist filled plot, and a black gloved, masked killer dispatching folks six ways to Sunday. Along with that

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 15, 2018
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Humans Aren’t The Only Species Fighting To Survive In The Predator’s Latest Trailer

It’s scary to think that there is something out there bigger, smarter, faster, and more badass than Predator. But there is, the “Ultimate Predator”, and that’s exactly what we get an eye full of in the latest trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator. The Predator may be hunting us, but the “Ultimate Predator” is hunting it. “From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018
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James Wan’s ‘The Children’ Gets A New Name And Teaser Trailer

The James Wan-produced horror film The Children has a new title and teaser trailer. Now renamed The Curse of La Llorona, the film was directed by Michael Chaves and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou, Raymond Cruz, and Sean Patrick Thomas star. “The story follows a social worker who, while investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children, discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy.” Wan, under the banner of his company Atomic Monster, produces alongside Gary Dauberman and Emile Gladstone. Michael Clear serves as executive producer. The Curse of La Llorona is from New Line, who serves as a home for Wan’s Conjuring universe, which includes both the Annabelle films and the upcoming Conjuring 2 spin-off The Nun. Witness The Curse of La Llorona in theaters April 19, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018
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Things Get Too Real In The New ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ Trailer

Ahead of Unfriended: Dark Web‘s theatrical opening later this month, a new trailer has arrived and it’s pretty creepy. “Unfolding in real-time Unfriended: Dark Web is the most terrifying horror yet from the producer of Get Out, Happy Death Day and The Purge, and the makers of Unfriended. When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.” Written and directed by Stephen Susco, Dark Web stars Betty Gabriel, Colin Woodell, Andrew Lees, and Connor Del Rio. Timur Bekmambetov, Jason Blum, and Majd Nassif serve as producers. Unfriended: Dark Web opens in theaters on July 20, 2018, from Blumhouse.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2018
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