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Bob Odenkirk Gets Violent In The Super Bowl Spot For ‘Nobody’

Robbers make a terrible mistake, stealing a little girl’s bracelet in the new video released during the Super Bowl for director Ilya Naishuller‘s (Hardcore Henry) action thriller Nobody starring Emmy Award winner Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”). Odenkirk stars as Hutch Masell, an underestimated husband and father who tolerates all the shit he’s given without ever pushing back. He’s a nobody in the eyes of those around him. When two thieves break into his home he doesn’t fight back, leaving his son Blake (Gage Munroe) and his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) disappointed in and him, becoming more distant than ever. After the break-in, Hutch’s long-simmering rage ignites sending him on the warpath. His dark secrets and lethal skills come to light in a surge of brutal action. He must now save his family from a dangerous enemy played by Alexey Serebryakov, but he’ll never be seen as a nobody again. Christopher Lloyd, RZA, and Paisley Cadorath also star in this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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The Lambs Are Still Screaming In The Super Bowl TV Spot For CBS Series ‘Clarice”

One of the videos that debuted during the Super Bowl is for CBS’s new Silence of the Lambs spin-off series “Clarice” which centers on FBI agent Clarice Starling as she still struggles with the memories of her encounters with Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill. The series takes viewers back to 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, “the series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C. Clarice has graduated from UVA with a double major in Psych and Criminology. Her bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. Her complex psychological makeup comes from a challenging childhood, and her drive comes from her need to escape the burden of family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.” Rebecca Breeds (“Pretty

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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The First Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Debuts During Super Bowl

The best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials and trailers. One of those trailers released tonight happens to be for M. Night Shyamalan‘s upcoming horror film, Old and we’re here to make sure you don’t miss it. The thriller centers on a family who are on a holiday when they discover a secluded beach. After sending hours enjoying the sun and sand they mysteriously begin to age extremely rapidly. Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal stars alongside Vicky Krieps, Ken Leung, Rufus Sewell, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Eliza Scanlen, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant, and Thomasin McKenzie. The film was inspired by the novel Sandcastle written by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. M. Night Shyamalan penned the script and is also directing and producing. Ashwin Rajan (Glass, Servant) and Marc Bienstock (Glass, Split) are producing Old, a Blinding Edge Pictures production. Steven Schneider is serving as executive producer. Old is set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Slaughter in Plague Town (2008)

A bickering family of American tourists decide to stop off in a small Irish village located in a picturesque, verdant landscape. Seems prosaic enough, but as horror movies oft times go; this village has a deep, dark (in this case mutant) based secret that will put that vacay in a serious dovetail right quick! As you may surmise from that sinister synopsis, Plague Town (or A Slaughter in Plague Town) is a fright flick positively dripping with atmosphere. This is nowhere as evident in the locales utilized to bring this terror tale to life; all wicked woods and dark, almost monotone environs. It’s drab, it’s dreary, and it looks exactly like the place you’d run into some good ol’ folk horror madness! Adding to the positives are the lean n’ mean flow of the film delivered by co-writer (along with John Cregan)/director David Gregory keeps things disturbing and moving like a spectral locomotive from hell, so this one never becomes

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Attic Expeditions (2001)

Our boy Trevor (Andras Jones) is coolin’ his heels in Ye Olde Insane Asylum after having supposedly murdered his girlfriend. While there he is plagued by nightmares about black magic (and murder ‘natch). Trevor’s doc, Dr. Ek (the legend himself, Jeffrey Combs) is hellbent on plundering all of Trevor’s subconscious secrets and utilize it for his own dark purposes… so things are looking grim as fuck for our hero indeed! What I feel is The Attic Expeditions‘ greatest stumbling block may be what you cats n’ creeps dig the most; namely the fact that the narrative is told from Trevor’s highly suspect perspective, so we never know if the images he sees are fact or just the result of his mental condition… and you cats n’ creeps know if there is something supernatural afoot I like it to be the real deal, no ifs, ands, or buts! Thankfully the film is jam packed with surreal images and some great co-stars

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DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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Movie Review: ‘Freaky’ Is One Hell Of A Fun Flick!

When a movie gets a huge advertising campaign or a ton of attention on social media, I often find myself let down after I actually get to watch it. But that’s not the case with writer-director Christopher Landon’s (Happy Death Day, the Paranormal Activity franchise) Freaky. In the movie, high schooler Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is just trying to survive the cruel halls of Blissfield High and the evil of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of “The Butcher” (Vince Vaughn), the infamous serial killer who stalks her town, her lack of popularity becomes the least of her worries. Part horror, part comedy, Freaky gets so much right. Newton plays the perfect balance of kind and quirky and is truly relatable. You really feel for her, but when her soul gets swapped with the killers, you can clearly see the change even in subtle ways, like her wardrobe and the looks she gives. Vince Vaughn kills

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
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Robots Are Unleashed In The Ultra Violent ‘Monsters Of Man’ Red Band Trailer

Insane action and brutality fill the new Red Band trailer for director Mark Toia‘s killer robot movie Monsters of Man. Watch as faces are peeled from skulls, limbs ripped from bodies, and humans are pit against robots designed for one person, to kill. The movie teases the terrifying dangers of sophisticated AI robotics used for military applications when a corrupt CIA agent (Neal McDonough) conspires with a robotics company to field test highly advanced prototype robots with the aim of winning a lucrative military contract. Their plan is to drop the robots into the infamous Golden Triangle to test their battle skills on unsuspecting armed drug cartels that no one will miss. The illegal mission turns into a disaster when haywire robots slaughter an entire village of innocent people and the brutal massacre is witnessed by a group of volunteer doctors on a goodwill mission. The cast for this intense thrill ride includes award winner Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (1966 – 1977)

Exploding from the Everglades of Florida comes William Grefé; a dude that has directed an impressive array of schlock… but alas schlock I’ve never set my eerie eyeballs on. That’s something I aim to fix right quick… and what better way to do it than with the new Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment); He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection! Disc one begins with the creature feature Sting of Death (1966), and what a doozy this putrid picture is my cats n’ creeps! College gal Karen (Valerie Hawkins) spends her vacay visiting her marine biologist father (Jack Nagle, who possesses a seemingly magic headwound that grows and shrinks throughout the picture) in his remote island laboratory cum home deep in the Florida Everglades, along with her cadre of comely female friends. Everything is absolutely keen as beers are downed and everyone gets their collective rocks off doing the hot new dance craze “The Jellyfish”,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

Chloé Zhao Sinks Her Fangs Into Universal’s New Dracula Movie

Nomadland director Chloé Zhao is giving Universal’s classic blood-sucking monster Dracula new life, a new movie that will be a futuristic sci-fi western, Variety reports. Zhao will be writing, directing, and producing it. I’ve always been fascinated by vampires and the concept of the Other they embody,” Zhao said in a release. “I’m very excited to work with Donna [Langley], Peter [Cramer] and the team at Universal to reimagine such a beloved character.” Zhao states. Firstborn in Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel, Dracula has been featured in many series and films and been played by many actors including Bela Lugosi in the ’30s, followed by Christopher Lee, Luke Evens, and Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1992. The question remains, for now, who will play the famous vampire in this film? It should be noted that Universal isn’t the only studio that is currently working on a movie featuring Dracula. Blumhouse Productions is also currently in development on their

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: “Reunion”

Familial horror has been a hot subgenre the past few years, and the New Zealand chiller Reunion is a fine entry into that category. Although the film is rich with the dark arts and the supernatural, it is bolstered by fine drama with performances focusing on a highly tense mother-and-daughter relationship and a secret that threatens to drive their troubled family even further apart. Ellie (Emma Draper), heavily pregnant and recently separated from her abusive fiancé, returns to her childhood home — fittingly, a large, dark gothic dwelling — after her grandparents pass away to finish a book she is writing about science and the occult. Unbeknownst to her, her estranged mother Ivy (Julia Ormond) is there, ostensibly to work on preparing the house for appraisal while taking care of family patriarch Jack (John Bach), who is suffering from dementia. Ellie’s old flame Gus (Cohen Holloway) is doing restoration work on the house. Ellie and Ivy are at odds from

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Joseph Perry
Feb 6, 2021

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Bob Odenkirk Gets Violent In The Super Bowl Spot For ‘Nobody’

Robbers make a terrible mistake, stealing a little girl’s bracelet in the new video released during the Super Bowl for director Ilya Naishuller‘s (Hardcore Henry) action thriller Nobody starring Emmy Award winner Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”). Odenkirk stars as Hutch Masell, an underestimated husband and father who tolerates all the shit he’s given without ever pushing back. He’s a nobody in the eyes of those around him. When two thieves break into his home he doesn’t fight back, leaving his son Blake (Gage Munroe) and his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) disappointed in and him, becoming more distant than ever. After the break-in, Hutch’s long-simmering rage ignites sending him on the warpath. His dark secrets and lethal skills come to light in a surge of brutal action. He must now save his family from a dangerous enemy played by Alexey Serebryakov, but he’ll never be seen as a nobody again. Christopher Lloyd, RZA, and Paisley Cadorath also star in this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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The Lambs Are Still Screaming In The Super Bowl TV Spot For CBS Series ‘Clarice”

One of the videos that debuted during the Super Bowl is for CBS’s new Silence of the Lambs spin-off series “Clarice” which centers on FBI agent Clarice Starling as she still struggles with the memories of her encounters with Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill. The series takes viewers back to 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, “the series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C. Clarice has graduated from UVA with a double major in Psych and Criminology. Her bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. Her complex psychological makeup comes from a challenging childhood, and her drive comes from her need to escape the burden of family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.” Rebecca Breeds (“Pretty

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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The First Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Debuts During Super Bowl

The best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials and trailers. One of those trailers released tonight happens to be for M. Night Shyamalan‘s upcoming horror film, Old and we’re here to make sure you don’t miss it. The thriller centers on a family who are on a holiday when they discover a secluded beach. After sending hours enjoying the sun and sand they mysteriously begin to age extremely rapidly. Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal stars alongside Vicky Krieps, Ken Leung, Rufus Sewell, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Eliza Scanlen, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, Kathleen Chalfant, and Thomasin McKenzie. The film was inspired by the novel Sandcastle written by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. M. Night Shyamalan penned the script and is also directing and producing. Ashwin Rajan (Glass, Servant) and Marc Bienstock (Glass, Split) are producing Old, a Blinding Edge Pictures production. Steven Schneider is serving as executive producer. Old is set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Slaughter in Plague Town (2008)

A bickering family of American tourists decide to stop off in a small Irish village located in a picturesque, verdant landscape. Seems prosaic enough, but as horror movies oft times go; this village has a deep, dark (in this case mutant) based secret that will put that vacay in a serious dovetail right quick! As you may surmise from that sinister synopsis, Plague Town (or A Slaughter in Plague Town) is a fright flick positively dripping with atmosphere. This is nowhere as evident in the locales utilized to bring this terror tale to life; all wicked woods and dark, almost monotone environs. It’s drab, it’s dreary, and it looks exactly like the place you’d run into some good ol’ folk horror madness! Adding to the positives are the lean n’ mean flow of the film delivered by co-writer (along with John Cregan)/director David Gregory keeps things disturbing and moving like a spectral locomotive from hell, so this one never becomes

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Attic Expeditions (2001)

Our boy Trevor (Andras Jones) is coolin’ his heels in Ye Olde Insane Asylum after having supposedly murdered his girlfriend. While there he is plagued by nightmares about black magic (and murder ‘natch). Trevor’s doc, Dr. Ek (the legend himself, Jeffrey Combs) is hellbent on plundering all of Trevor’s subconscious secrets and utilize it for his own dark purposes… so things are looking grim as fuck for our hero indeed! What I feel is The Attic Expeditions‘ greatest stumbling block may be what you cats n’ creeps dig the most; namely the fact that the narrative is told from Trevor’s highly suspect perspective, so we never know if the images he sees are fact or just the result of his mental condition… and you cats n’ creeps know if there is something supernatural afoot I like it to be the real deal, no ifs, ands, or buts! Thankfully the film is jam packed with surreal images and some great co-stars

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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Movie Review: ‘Freaky’ Is One Hell Of A Fun Flick!

When a movie gets a huge advertising campaign or a ton of attention on social media, I often find myself let down after I actually get to watch it. But that’s not the case with writer-director Christopher Landon’s (Happy Death Day, the Paranormal Activity franchise) Freaky. In the movie, high schooler Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is just trying to survive the cruel halls of Blissfield High and the evil of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of “The Butcher” (Vince Vaughn), the infamous serial killer who stalks her town, her lack of popularity becomes the least of her worries. Part horror, part comedy, Freaky gets so much right. Newton plays the perfect balance of kind and quirky and is truly relatable. You really feel for her, but when her soul gets swapped with the killers, you can clearly see the change even in subtle ways, like her wardrobe and the looks she gives. Vince Vaughn kills

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
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Robots Are Unleashed In The Ultra Violent ‘Monsters Of Man’ Red Band Trailer

Insane action and brutality fill the new Red Band trailer for director Mark Toia‘s killer robot movie Monsters of Man. Watch as faces are peeled from skulls, limbs ripped from bodies, and humans are pit against robots designed for one person, to kill. The movie teases the terrifying dangers of sophisticated AI robotics used for military applications when a corrupt CIA agent (Neal McDonough) conspires with a robotics company to field test highly advanced prototype robots with the aim of winning a lucrative military contract. Their plan is to drop the robots into the infamous Golden Triangle to test their battle skills on unsuspecting armed drug cartels that no one will miss. The illegal mission turns into a disaster when haywire robots slaughter an entire village of innocent people and the brutal massacre is witnessed by a group of volunteer doctors on a goodwill mission. The cast for this intense thrill ride includes award winner Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (1966 – 1977)

Exploding from the Everglades of Florida comes William Grefé; a dude that has directed an impressive array of schlock… but alas schlock I’ve never set my eerie eyeballs on. That’s something I aim to fix right quick… and what better way to do it than with the new Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment); He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection! Disc one begins with the creature feature Sting of Death (1966), and what a doozy this putrid picture is my cats n’ creeps! College gal Karen (Valerie Hawkins) spends her vacay visiting her marine biologist father (Jack Nagle, who possesses a seemingly magic headwound that grows and shrinks throughout the picture) in his remote island laboratory cum home deep in the Florida Everglades, along with her cadre of comely female friends. Everything is absolutely keen as beers are downed and everyone gets their collective rocks off doing the hot new dance craze “The Jellyfish”,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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Chloé Zhao Sinks Her Fangs Into Universal’s New Dracula Movie

Nomadland director Chloé Zhao is giving Universal’s classic blood-sucking monster Dracula new life, a new movie that will be a futuristic sci-fi western, Variety reports. Zhao will be writing, directing, and producing it. I’ve always been fascinated by vampires and the concept of the Other they embody,” Zhao said in a release. “I’m very excited to work with Donna [Langley], Peter [Cramer] and the team at Universal to reimagine such a beloved character.” Zhao states. Firstborn in Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel, Dracula has been featured in many series and films and been played by many actors including Bela Lugosi in the ’30s, followed by Christopher Lee, Luke Evens, and Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1992. The question remains, for now, who will play the famous vampire in this film? It should be noted that Universal isn’t the only studio that is currently working on a movie featuring Dracula. Blumhouse Productions is also currently in development on their

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2021
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Movie Review: “Reunion”

Familial horror has been a hot subgenre the past few years, and the New Zealand chiller Reunion is a fine entry into that category. Although the film is rich with the dark arts and the supernatural, it is bolstered by fine drama with performances focusing on a highly tense mother-and-daughter relationship and a secret that threatens to drive their troubled family even further apart. Ellie (Emma Draper), heavily pregnant and recently separated from her abusive fiancé, returns to her childhood home — fittingly, a large, dark gothic dwelling — after her grandparents pass away to finish a book she is writing about science and the occult. Unbeknownst to her, her estranged mother Ivy (Julia Ormond) is there, ostensibly to work on preparing the house for appraisal while taking care of family patriarch Jack (John Bach), who is suffering from dementia. Ellie’s old flame Gus (Cohen Holloway) is doing restoration work on the house. Ellie and Ivy are at odds from

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Joseph Perry
Feb 6, 2021
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