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February 2021

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An Interview With The Vigil’s Director Keith Thomas And Actor Dave Davis

One of the best films to come of the horror genre this year is writer-director Keith Thomas‘ feature film debut, The Vigil, starring Dave Davis. I had the opportunity to speak with both Thomas and Davis, so of course, I jumped at the chance. The Vigil (review), which I am more than a little fond of, centers on Davis’ character Yakov who is in a bad place, he’s struggling after leaving the Jewish Orthodox church and trying to cope with enormous guilt. Broke and desperate, Yokov agrees to sit shiva for a family overnight. As if things weren’t bad enough for the poor guy, an evil entity is lurking inside the house. HorrorFuel: “I’m always fascinated by where the ideas and stories come from for movies. What inspired you to write The Vigil, which is fantastic by the way.” Keith Thomas: “Wow. Well, it’s kind of a two-fold answer. One aspect of it was mercenary, in that I wanted to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 27, 2021

MoviesNews

Neill Blomkamp Announces ‘District 9’ Sequel, ‘District 10’

It’s been over a decade since Neill Blomkamp blurred the line between sci-fi and horror with District 9. Now, it appears that the story of the unfortunate government worker Wikus Van De Merwe (Sharlto Copley) turned alien hybrid, will continue in the sequel, District 10. Blomkamp revealed on Twitter that a sequel is indeed finally on its way with Copley returning along with the original’s co-writer Terri Tatchell penning the screenplay. In District 9, an extraterrestrial race is forced to live in refugee camps/slums on Earth. A government agent is exposed to their technology which begins to transform him into one of them. During an interview with Blomkamp, the director talked with us about some of his projects. Since then he has several new films in the works including a Robocop movie and Demonic, a horror film he made in secret that has just been announced. Here’s a look back at the 2009 District 9 trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2021

IndieMoviesNewsTrailers

A Group Of Psychopaths Stalk A Victim In The New ‘Hyde’ Trailer

Led by a ruthless leader, a group of psychopaths, who look like they stepped right out of The Purge, leave a path of death and destruction in the trailer for Hyde, the directorial debut of Dallas Burgess. The movie stars Avi Lake (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) as a journalist who wakes up from a coma having lost ten years of her memory. Texas Rangers and a murderous gang of masked psychopaths, led by the criminal HYDE, hound her every step as she struggles to piece together who or what she has become. After relocating to Texas to further his film career, Burgess joined co-writer, Ian Neligh and the two wrote four feature screenplays, one of which, Hyde. Kelsey Pribilski, Diana Rose, and Chip Llorens also star in Hyde that lands on Digital and VOD on March 2, 2021, from High Octane Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2021

MoviesNews

A First Look At The True Story Inspired Film ‘Vampir’

Branko Tomovic‘s arthouse horror film Vampir has been picked up for distribution by Reel Suspects, Variety reports. The outlet also shared the first image from the film. The European film was inspired by real vampire cases that occurred in Serbia in the 1700s. Filmed in English in Siberia, Vampir stars Gorica Regodic (Next to Me), Joakim Tasic (Santa Maria Della Salute), and Eva Ras (Love Affair, The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator) In the film, “After witnessing a crime in London and looking for a place to hide for a while, Arnaut (played by Tomovic) is offered a job by charming yet ruthless local Vesna (Regodic) to look after a cemetery in a small remote village in Serbia. He soon starts to have nightmarish visions and is frequently visited by the mysterious older woman Baba Draga (Ras) who guides Arnaut into the darkness. Only the village priest (Tasic) seems to be trying to keep him safe from the sinister

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2021

ClipsMoviesNewsTrailers

Gary Oldman Issues A Warning In The New Clip From The Thriller ‘Crisis’

Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki takes us inside the dark, horrifying world of drug trafficking and addiction in his new thriller Crisis, starring acting legend Gary Oldman who has appeared in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Dark Knight. In Crisis, “a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. An architect recovering from an Oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s disappearance. A university professor battles unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, their stories collide in this dramatic thriller from writer/director Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage). The film also stars Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Duke Nicholson, Veronica Ferres, and Martin Donovan. Oldman executive produces alongside Douglas Urbanski, Michael Suppes, Tony Hsieh, Mohammed Al Turki, Lisa Wilson, William Rosenfeld, Sam Slater, David Bernon, and Samuel Reich. Nicholas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2021

GamingIndieMoviesNews

Movie Adaptation Of “Werewolves Within” Game Hunts Down A 2021 Release Date

IFC Films has sunk its teeth into the modern-day werewolf whodunnit Werewolves Within starring Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and Milana Vayntrub of “This Is Us”. Directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me), Werewolves Within was written by best-selling author Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. In the film, “After a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.” The ensemble cast also includes George Basil (Crashing), Sarah Burns (“Barry”), Michael Chernus (Tommy), Catherine Curtin (“Orange Is the New Black”), Wayne Duvall (The Hunt), Harvey Guillén (What We do in the Shadows), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”), Michaela Watkins (Brittany Runs a Marathon), and Glenn Fleshler

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2021

GamingNewsProductTrailers

Check Out The New ‘Paradise Lost’ Trailer

Today, All In! Games have released the latest trailer for the upcoming mysterious first-person walking sim, Paradise Lost. A game that follows a 12-year old Polish boy named Szymon who is exploring an abandoned Nazi bunker that was once taken over by Polish rebels during an alternate (historical) WWII timeline. The new story trailer showcases more about why Szymon is exploring the bunker and figuring out the story behind a photograph of his mother with a mysterious man taken in the bunker. The trailer also introduces us to a new character that will be accompanying Szymon on his journey, Ewa, a mysterious girl that speaks to him through the bunker’s PA system. Paradise Lost is set to be released this year for Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

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Capt McNeely

Feb 25, 2021

MoviesNetflixNewsStreaming TVTrailers

Thousands Of Zombies Roam Vegas In The New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer

Ahead of its May premiere on Netflix, we’ve got a new teaser trailer for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead which teases Vegas in ruins, a vault filled with cash, and thousands of hungry zombies walking the streets, including a zombie Elvis. And we dig it. In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where the group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Army of the Dead marches onto Netflix on May 21, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 25, 2021

IndieMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers

A Trip To Turns Deadly In The ‘Shark Island’ Trailer

Shark season is here! Michael Paré and country music star Erin Alvey jump into the waters of Thailand in Shark Island. In the film, directed by Stephen “Scruffy” Edgewood, several beautiful models are invited to an exotic location for a photoshoot. There they model a rare $10 million dollar necklace for a wealthy investor. Unbeknownst to them, the island’s waters are infested with sharks. But, perhaps it’s not the sharks in the water they need to worry about. Alan Collett and Erin Alvey star with Russell Geoffrey Banks, Zara Dragon, Poi Haywood, Alexandra Merle, Jude S. Walko, and Selina Weismann rounding out the cast. Dustin Alexander penned the script based on the story by Daniel Zirilli. Paul Collett executive produced with Dante del Mare and Pranom Thumcha, Victory of the People, Blue Falcon Productions LLC, Pop Art Film Factory, and Oscuro Films producing. Lee Gibson and Andrew Reyes co-produced. The film’s soundtrack features songs by Ho’ Aikane, Erin Alvey, Evol

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 25, 2021

Film Festivals

SLASH Filmfestival Sets New 2021 Dates and Opens Submissions

Vienna, Austria’s SLASH Filmfestival features horror, science fiction, fantasy, and other genre films from around the world — both features and shorts — and the fest has opened submissions for two exciting events this year. Following is the official press announcement. SLASH Filmfestival, Austria’s leading festival for Fantastic Film and the second-most heavily frequented Viennese film festival after the Viennale, has set new dates for 2021. The three-day mini festival SLASH 1/2 is postponed to June 17 to 19, 2021. The main event in fall will take place as scheduled. The twelfth edition of SLASH runs from September 23 through October 3, 2021, taking place in four cinemas with a total of five screens. Submissions for 2021 SLASH now open! SLASH 2021 short and feature film competition The submissions to the 12th SLASH Filmfestival are now open! Filmmakers from across the world are invited to submit their work via FilmFreeway. Both short films (30 minutes or less) and feature films

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Joseph Perry

Feb 25, 2021

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