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A Desperate Man Turns To Human Trafficing In ‘Cargo’

Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning thriller Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), arrives in theaters this May from Artist Rights Distribution. A fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in “a must-see film,” inspired by true events. “When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human smuggling in order to raise desperately needed funds. Kevin finds that he’s good at this dangerous yet profitable vocation—good enough to trust himself with smuggling his own girlfriend and her son to the US. But when faced with having to abandon refugees at sea far from Miami shores, Kevin is suddenly forced to reassess his responsibilities. Inspired by true events, Cargo examines the world’s refugee crisis from a very local perspective. The largest Bahamian film project to date, this latest feature from Kareem J. Mortimer is a thrilling, vital call for empathy in troubled times.” Written and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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New App SLASHER Is Taking A Stab At Horror

There’s a new horror app on the horizon, SLASHER and it has set out to connect the community with everything they love about horror, news, reviews, the community and much more. In light of social networks recently putting restraints on the horror community and others, SLASHER wants to offer a space where such things like the human body being used in horror movies and art aren’t a problem. You deserve a destination that will welcome creativity without such an extreme level of censorship. There is only one solution, “Make Horror R Again”. SLASHER will follow the same guidelines as the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). In other words, if the content is acceptable in a movie like Friday the 13th, then it will be acceptable on SLASHER. Having seen photos being blurred for ‘content’ and ‘#horror’ being considered a red flag is an eye-opening situation. Blurring content for gore on a PG-13 platform isn’t unreasonable, but to have the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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Something Supernatural Lurks In The Shadows Of CBS’s New “Evil” Trailer

CBS is exploring its dark side. The network has now unveiled the first teaser for their new supernatural series “Evil“. In the trailer, we see that something evil is lurking in the shadows. “Luke Cage” actor Mike Colter stars alongside “Manhattan’s” Katja Herbers as the series’ lead characters. Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Maddy Crocco, Brooklyn Shuck, Skylar Gray, and Dalya Knapp also star. Written and executive produced by Robert and Michelle King (“The Good Wife”), “Evil” centers on a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to discover if there’s a scientific explanation or if it is truly a supernatural event. “Evil,” which comes across like “The Exorcist” meets “The X-Files,” will most likely debut this Fall. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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Aik Karapetian’s ‘Firstborn’ Arrives

Artsploitation Films has announced the DVD and Digital release of Aik Karapetian‘s (The Man in the Orange Jacket) Lavian thriller Firstborn, a subtle and quietly devastating thriller about a man whose masculinity is put in question by his wife after his feeble reaction to a mugging. He then feels compelled to exact revenge on his attacker. Maja Doveika, Kaspars Znotins, Dainis Grube, and Kaspars Zale star in the film written and directed by Karapetian. In the intense yet coolly observed psychological thriller, Francis is a meek middle-aged architect trapped in an unhappy with his younger wife Katrina. After a party, the childless couple is robbed by a thuggish young motorcyclist. Disappointed by her husband’s feeble reaction to the attacker, their relationship further deteriorates. The bespectacled Francis, his long-dormant masculinity now ignited, seeks and finally confronts the man, an encounter which ends in the accidental death of the thief. The violent outcome seems to bring the two together and the wife

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ Review: Skin Crawling Goodness!

For a while now, since I first saw the concept art for it, I’ve been really hyped for A Plague Tale: Innocence. I have to give a thousand thanks to Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive for giving me an opportunity for seeing if the hype I’ve had was worth the wait. I’m happy to say, this is possibly the best game I have played so far as a Game Reviewer here at Horror Fuel! A Plague Tale: Innocence Follows Amicia De Rune, whose world was flipped upside down one fateful day when Inquisition forces led by Lord Nickolas murder her parents. Before escaping, Amicia is given the task to look after her little brother Hugo, who has been kept indoors since his birth due to an infliction that made their mother, an alchemist, his full-time caregiver which has led to a tense relationship between Amicia and her mother and resentment towards Hugo. The siblings are forced to bond since

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Capt McNeely
May 13, 2019
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The Purge 5 Will Commence Next Summer

Reminder all emergency services will be suspended for a 12-hour period during The Purge. Are you ready for the next Purge? The fifth installment of The Purge franchise is headed our way July 10, 2020. Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes are teaming up again to produce the sequel alongside franchise creator James DeMonaco. DeMonaco will also produce along with Jason Blum, Sebastien Lemercier, and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form. The last film of the franchise, a prequel titled The First Purge (review), took us back to the beginning to witness how the lawless day came to be. A political party, known as the New Founding Fathers, tested out the first purge on Stanton Island, offering residents $5000 to participate. Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, and Joivan Wade starred in the prequel that is the best film of the franchise since the original.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
Horror Fuel

A First Look At HBO’s Stephen King Series “The Outsider”

Last year Stephen King‘s most recent novel “The Outsider” was released by Scriber and it’s already getting a small screen adaptation from HBO. Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One) is set to star alongside Jason Bateman, who will also be directing the first two episodes as well as executive producing. In the series, “a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.” Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale), Bill Camp (The Looming Tower), Mare Winningham (George Wallace), Paddy Considine (The Ferryman), Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Yul Vázquez (I Am The Night), Jeremy Bobb (The Knick), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Hettienne Park (Hannibal), and Michael Esper (Trust) also star. In the novel: “An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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New ‘Clownado’ Trailer Lands Ahead Of Release

Wild Eye Releasing has unleashed a brand-new trailer for writer-director Todd Sheets’ (Bonehill Road) Clownado, coming this summer! In the movie, “cursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.” Scream queen Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead) stars along with Eileen Dietz, Rachel Lagen, John O’Hara, and Joel D. Wynkoop. Clownado will land this summer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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Keith Sutliff’s Thriller ‘The Refuge’ Headed To Theaters

From writer-director Keith Sutliff, comes a non-stop thrill ride through the streets of Los Angeles inThe Refuge, opening in theaters this June. A getaway driver finds himself in harm’s way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money in the adrenaline-charged new crime thriller from Keith Sutliff. KS Pictures presents The Refuge, starring Keith Sutliff (The Mason Brothers, interview), Julien Cesario (Close Range), Matthew Webb (127 Hours), Reine Swart (The Lullaby, interview), Stefanie Estes (Bethany), Demetrius Stear (Death Pool, interview), Martin Copping (“Hawaii Five-O”) and Cheyenne Buchanan (A Dark Place). The Refugee arrives in theaters on June 28th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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Simon Pegg Cast As The Villain In Home Invasion Thriller ‘Becky’

Simon Pegg is most well known for his funny, good guy roles like in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek, but now he’s gearing up for a serious role, as the villain in the upcoming action-thriller Becky. Pegg will star alongside Annabelle: Creation‘s Lulu Wilson, Deadline reports. The film “centers on Becky (Wilson), a rebellious 13-year-old who is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father in an effort to reconnect after her mother’s death. The trip takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Pegg), invades the lake house. Becky decides to take matters into her own hands.” Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, Becky is from Yale Productions and BoulderLight Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2019

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A Desperate Man Turns To Human Trafficing In ‘Cargo’

Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning thriller Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), arrives in theaters this May from Artist Rights Distribution. A fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in “a must-see film,” inspired by true events. “When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human smuggling in order to raise desperately needed funds. Kevin finds that he’s good at this dangerous yet profitable vocation—good enough to trust himself with smuggling his own girlfriend and her son to the US. But when faced with having to abandon refugees at sea far from Miami shores, Kevin is suddenly forced to reassess his responsibilities. Inspired by true events, Cargo examines the world’s refugee crisis from a very local perspective. The largest Bahamian film project to date, this latest feature from Kareem J. Mortimer is a thrilling, vital call for empathy in troubled times.” Written and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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New App SLASHER Is Taking A Stab At Horror

There’s a new horror app on the horizon, SLASHER and it has set out to connect the community with everything they love about horror, news, reviews, the community and much more. In light of social networks recently putting restraints on the horror community and others, SLASHER wants to offer a space where such things like the human body being used in horror movies and art aren’t a problem. You deserve a destination that will welcome creativity without such an extreme level of censorship. There is only one solution, “Make Horror R Again”. SLASHER will follow the same guidelines as the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). In other words, if the content is acceptable in a movie like Friday the 13th, then it will be acceptable on SLASHER. Having seen photos being blurred for ‘content’ and ‘#horror’ being considered a red flag is an eye-opening situation. Blurring content for gore on a PG-13 platform isn’t unreasonable, but to have the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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Something Supernatural Lurks In The Shadows Of CBS’s New “Evil” Trailer

CBS is exploring its dark side. The network has now unveiled the first teaser for their new supernatural series “Evil“. In the trailer, we see that something evil is lurking in the shadows. “Luke Cage” actor Mike Colter stars alongside “Manhattan’s” Katja Herbers as the series’ lead characters. Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Maddy Crocco, Brooklyn Shuck, Skylar Gray, and Dalya Knapp also star. Written and executive produced by Robert and Michelle King (“The Good Wife”), “Evil” centers on a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to discover if there’s a scientific explanation or if it is truly a supernatural event. “Evil,” which comes across like “The Exorcist” meets “The X-Files,” will most likely debut this Fall. We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2019
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Aik Karapetian’s ‘Firstborn’ Arrives

Artsploitation Films has announced the DVD and Digital release of Aik Karapetian‘s (The Man in the Orange Jacket) Lavian thriller Firstborn, a subtle and quietly devastating thriller about a man whose masculinity is put in question by his wife after his feeble reaction to a mugging. He then feels compelled to exact revenge on his attacker. Maja Doveika, Kaspars Znotins, Dainis Grube, and Kaspars Zale star in the film written and directed by Karapetian. In the intense yet coolly observed psychological thriller, Francis is a meek middle-aged architect trapped in an unhappy with his younger wife Katrina. After a party, the childless couple is robbed by a thuggish young motorcyclist. Disappointed by her husband’s feeble reaction to the attacker, their relationship further deteriorates. The bespectacled Francis, his long-dormant masculinity now ignited, seeks and finally confronts the man, an encounter which ends in the accidental death of the thief. The violent outcome seems to bring the two together and the wife

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ Review: Skin Crawling Goodness!

For a while now, since I first saw the concept art for it, I’ve been really hyped for A Plague Tale: Innocence. I have to give a thousand thanks to Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive for giving me an opportunity for seeing if the hype I’ve had was worth the wait. I’m happy to say, this is possibly the best game I have played so far as a Game Reviewer here at Horror Fuel! A Plague Tale: Innocence Follows Amicia De Rune, whose world was flipped upside down one fateful day when Inquisition forces led by Lord Nickolas murder her parents. Before escaping, Amicia is given the task to look after her little brother Hugo, who has been kept indoors since his birth due to an infliction that made their mother, an alchemist, his full-time caregiver which has led to a tense relationship between Amicia and her mother and resentment towards Hugo. The siblings are forced to bond since

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 13, 2019
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The Purge 5 Will Commence Next Summer

Reminder all emergency services will be suspended for a 12-hour period during The Purge. Are you ready for the next Purge? The fifth installment of The Purge franchise is headed our way July 10, 2020. Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes are teaming up again to produce the sequel alongside franchise creator James DeMonaco. DeMonaco will also produce along with Jason Blum, Sebastien Lemercier, and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form. The last film of the franchise, a prequel titled The First Purge (review), took us back to the beginning to witness how the lawless day came to be. A political party, known as the New Founding Fathers, tested out the first purge on Stanton Island, offering residents $5000 to participate. Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, and Joivan Wade starred in the prequel that is the best film of the franchise since the original.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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A First Look At HBO’s Stephen King Series “The Outsider”

Last year Stephen King‘s most recent novel “The Outsider” was released by Scriber and it’s already getting a small screen adaptation from HBO. Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One) is set to star alongside Jason Bateman, who will also be directing the first two episodes as well as executive producing. In the series, “a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case.” Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale), Bill Camp (The Looming Tower), Mare Winningham (George Wallace), Paddy Considine (The Ferryman), Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Yul Vázquez (I Am The Night), Jeremy Bobb (The Knick), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Hettienne Park (Hannibal), and Michael Esper (Trust) also star. In the novel: “An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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New ‘Clownado’ Trailer Lands Ahead Of Release

Wild Eye Releasing has unleashed a brand-new trailer for writer-director Todd Sheets’ (Bonehill Road) Clownado, coming this summer! In the movie, “cursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.” Scream queen Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead) stars along with Eileen Dietz, Rachel Lagen, John O’Hara, and Joel D. Wynkoop. Clownado will land this summer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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Keith Sutliff’s Thriller ‘The Refuge’ Headed To Theaters

From writer-director Keith Sutliff, comes a non-stop thrill ride through the streets of Los Angeles inThe Refuge, opening in theaters this June. A getaway driver finds himself in harm’s way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money in the adrenaline-charged new crime thriller from Keith Sutliff. KS Pictures presents The Refuge, starring Keith Sutliff (The Mason Brothers, interview), Julien Cesario (Close Range), Matthew Webb (127 Hours), Reine Swart (The Lullaby, interview), Stefanie Estes (Bethany), Demetrius Stear (Death Pool, interview), Martin Copping (“Hawaii Five-O”) and Cheyenne Buchanan (A Dark Place). The Refugee arrives in theaters on June 28th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2019
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Simon Pegg Cast As The Villain In Home Invasion Thriller ‘Becky’

Simon Pegg is most well known for his funny, good guy roles like in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek, but now he’s gearing up for a serious role, as the villain in the upcoming action-thriller Becky. Pegg will star alongside Annabelle: Creation‘s Lulu Wilson, Deadline reports. The film “centers on Becky (Wilson), a rebellious 13-year-old who is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father in an effort to reconnect after her mother’s death. The trip takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Pegg), invades the lake house. Becky decides to take matters into her own hands.” Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, Becky is from Yale Productions and BoulderLight Pictures.

Continue reading →
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May 12, 2019
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