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Death House, Featuring A Huge Cast Of Horror Icons, Is Coming To DVD!

The largest cast of genre icons ever assembled star in Harrison B. Smith‘s unique, gore-filled film Death House (review), which arrives on DVD this December. Originally, the script for Death House was penned by Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor and genre icon Gunnar Hansen. Smith rewrote the script, keeping Hansen’s vision intact. Smith even got Hansen’s approval on the script just before Hansen passed away. In the film, Agents Toria Boon and Jae Novak have their own dark pasts, arriving at Death House to tour its levels and observe its denizens first hand as well as the medical and mental experiments of Drs. Eileen Fletcher and Karen Redmane whose depraved experiments date back to the Nazi doctors of World War II. Prison cells are virtual reality holodecks that recreate prisoner environments before they were incarcerated. A special hallucinogenic gas keeps inmates under control. All Hell literally breaks loose inside the facility when an EMP device detonates, killing all power and communication,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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The Hunt Is On In The New ‘Hold The Dark’ Trailer

Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier‘s latest film, Hold the Dark, is set to arrive on Netflix this September following its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The first trailer is here and reveals the hunt for a young boy taken by wolves. “Westworld” actor Jeffrey Wright plays Russell Core, a wolf expert who arrives at an Alaskan village, after the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves. He is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy (Beckham Crawford) to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness. True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgård also stars in Hold the Dark. Riley Keough, and James Badge Dale co-star. Hold the Dark, an adaptation of William Giraldi’s bestselling novel by the same name arrives on Netflix on September 28, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter David Koepp’s Debut Novel To Be Adapted For Film

Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Is Days Away From Filming

CBS Films’ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaptation is only days away from filming, producer Guillermo del Toro announced today on Twitter. While Del Toro was at one time set to direct, André Øvreda, who was behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe, is now in the director’s chair. The two will both be producing the project. The film is based on the Alvin Schwartz book series that was released from 1981 to 1991 and scared the crap out of us as kids. The script was penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman, and Del Toro. “The thriller follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.” No cast have been announced at this time. We start shooting in a few days- in Toronto! https://t.co/u8pCMfjAD1 — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) August 21, 2018

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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A24 Serves Up The Trailer For ‘Slice’- Starring Chance The Rapper

A24 is ready to serve horror fans a tasty treat, director Austin Vesely‘s Slice, starring Chance the Rapper and Zazie Beetz. Set in a spooky small town, a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Beetz, Chance the Rapper) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree in a city where ghosts, monsters, and humans come together. In the first trailer for the film, we learn that Perfect Pizza was built on top of a gateway to hell. As if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the delivery people are being hunted. Katherine Cunningham, Hannibal Buress, Joe Keery, Y’lan Noel, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer also star in this movie that goes heavy on the cheese, and it looks delicious.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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Fandemic Comic Con Adds Chuck Norris To Its Lineup

Fandemic Comic Con has just announced a new addition to their celebrity lineup, film and TV star Chuck Norris for a one day only appearance on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Norris is best known for his roles in films like Delta Force, Code of Silence, The Expendables 2 and of course his long-running series “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Norris is a successful actor, author, fitness guru, columnist, entrepreneur, Master Martial Artist and an internet legend thanks to his fan’s Paul Bunyan-type fictional “facts” of his exploits. He has also created a foundation close to his heart, KICKSTART KIDS to build strong moral character in our youth through martial arts training. As of today, the foundation serves over 9,000 at-risk youth on a daily basis as part of the daily school curriculum in middle schools, The program has graduated almost 90,000 kids. Their goal is to expand the program, www.kickstartkids.org, all over Texas and eventually nationwide. Fandemic Comic Con Tour will be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Listen Up Primitive Screwheads Season 3 Of “Ash VS Evil Dead” Is Out On Blu-ray

Listen up you primitive screwheads, Ash vs Evil Dead‘s third and final season has just landed on Blu-ray and DVD! The third season was filled to the gills with gore and deadite ass-kicking action. During the season Ash (Bruce Campbell) spent time coping with the strained relationship with his newly discovered daughter Brandy (Arielle Carver-O’Neill). Ash, Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo), Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Dalton (Lindsay Farris) went head to head with Ruby (Lucy Lawless) who was obsessed with raising her spawn and killing Ash. The 2-disc Blu-ray features all ten episodes with an audio commentary featuring the cast and directors, overviews and the featurette “Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead.” Now, you may be wondering what’s next for Bruce Campbell now that Ash has retired. Campbell told us all about what his plans are during our interview. You should check it out.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Maze Based On Horror Film ‘Hell Fest’ Coming To Six Flags For Fright Fest

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company and CBS Films announced today that they formed an exclusive national partnership to provide Six Flags guests with a unique experience in support of CBS Films and Lionsgate’s latest horror movie release, Hell Fest, in theaters Friday, September 28, 2018. In collaboration with Hell Fest creators, Six Flags and CBS Films are launching new haunted attractions based on the movie at three Six Flags theme parks this Fright Fest®. The company’s industry-leading entertainment teams at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA, Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ and Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL will transform haunted mazes into real-life replicas of the movie’s most unnerving, goriest and most epic scenes. Our guests visit Fright Fest to experience the scariest and most haunting attractions in North America. Partnering with CBS Films adds a new, completely immersive in-park experience to our existing lineup and will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Sci-fi Series “Sona” Has Landed On Streaming Service Alpha

Geek & Sundry, Alpha, and Legendary Digital Networks’ interactive streaming platform Alpha have acquired the upcoming sci-fi series, SONA. Created by Ashley Clements – the fan favorite actress from the Emmy-winning series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party – through production company The Jigsaw Ensemble, SONA adds to the sci-fi offering of the entertainment platform’s lineup of original shows and content. Exclusive to Alpha members, SONA is a tale of adventure and hardship featuring a strong female lead with surprising plot twists. SONA’s eponymous protagonist is Lieutenant Belyn Sona, a United Earth Space Corps officer in a future in which aliens are no longer welcome on Earth, including her husband. The story finds our heroine trapped in a malfunctioning escape pod, uncovering through flashback the events and decisions that led to her isolation. This survival tale features a dramatic tour de force as we examine her psychological struggle against themes of mental health, immigration,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Fractured Visions Film Festival (2018) Annouces Lineup

The Fractured Visions Film Festival has now announced the official selections for this year’s festival that happens September 29th and 30th in Tramshed Cardiff. Over the past 10 months, the festival “has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the official selection for the 2018 Fractured Visions Film Festival has been made.” CHILDREN OF THE FALL (Israel) – UK Premiere – Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark past, arrives in Israel during the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners, and the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday in the Jewish faith), brings a brutal threat to her and her fellow volunteers. What began as a fun celebration of youth quickly turns into a menacing and bloody

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018

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Death House, Featuring A Huge Cast Of Horror Icons, Is Coming To DVD!

The largest cast of genre icons ever assembled star in Harrison B. Smith‘s unique, gore-filled film Death House (review), which arrives on DVD this December. Originally, the script for Death House was penned by Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor and genre icon Gunnar Hansen. Smith rewrote the script, keeping Hansen’s vision intact. Smith even got Hansen’s approval on the script just before Hansen passed away. In the film, Agents Toria Boon and Jae Novak have their own dark pasts, arriving at Death House to tour its levels and observe its denizens first hand as well as the medical and mental experiments of Drs. Eileen Fletcher and Karen Redmane whose depraved experiments date back to the Nazi doctors of World War II. Prison cells are virtual reality holodecks that recreate prisoner environments before they were incarcerated. A special hallucinogenic gas keeps inmates under control. All Hell literally breaks loose inside the facility when an EMP device detonates, killing all power and communication,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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The Hunt Is On In The New ‘Hold The Dark’ Trailer

Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier‘s latest film, Hold the Dark, is set to arrive on Netflix this September following its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The first trailer is here and reveals the hunt for a young boy taken by wolves. “Westworld” actor Jeffrey Wright plays Russell Core, a wolf expert who arrives at an Alaskan village, after the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves. He is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy (Beckham Crawford) to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness. True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgård also stars in Hold the Dark. Riley Keough, and James Badge Dale co-star. Hold the Dark, an adaptation of William Giraldi’s bestselling novel by the same name arrives on Netflix on September 28, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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‘Jurassic Park’ Screenwriter David Koepp’s Debut Novel To Be Adapted For Film

Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Is Days Away From Filming

CBS Films’ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaptation is only days away from filming, producer Guillermo del Toro announced today on Twitter. While Del Toro was at one time set to direct, André Øvreda, who was behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe, is now in the director’s chair. The two will both be producing the project. The film is based on the Alvin Schwartz book series that was released from 1981 to 1991 and scared the crap out of us as kids. The script was penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman, and Del Toro. “The thriller follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.” No cast have been announced at this time. We start shooting in a few days- in Toronto! https://t.co/u8pCMfjAD1 — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) August 21, 2018

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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A24 Serves Up The Trailer For ‘Slice’- Starring Chance The Rapper

A24 is ready to serve horror fans a tasty treat, director Austin Vesely‘s Slice, starring Chance the Rapper and Zazie Beetz. Set in a spooky small town, a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Beetz, Chance the Rapper) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree in a city where ghosts, monsters, and humans come together. In the first trailer for the film, we learn that Perfect Pizza was built on top of a gateway to hell. As if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the delivery people are being hunted. Katherine Cunningham, Hannibal Buress, Joe Keery, Y’lan Noel, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer also star in this movie that goes heavy on the cheese, and it looks delicious.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2018
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Fandemic Comic Con Adds Chuck Norris To Its Lineup

Fandemic Comic Con has just announced a new addition to their celebrity lineup, film and TV star Chuck Norris for a one day only appearance on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Norris is best known for his roles in films like Delta Force, Code of Silence, The Expendables 2 and of course his long-running series “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Norris is a successful actor, author, fitness guru, columnist, entrepreneur, Master Martial Artist and an internet legend thanks to his fan’s Paul Bunyan-type fictional “facts” of his exploits. He has also created a foundation close to his heart, KICKSTART KIDS to build strong moral character in our youth through martial arts training. As of today, the foundation serves over 9,000 at-risk youth on a daily basis as part of the daily school curriculum in middle schools, The program has graduated almost 90,000 kids. Their goal is to expand the program, www.kickstartkids.org, all over Texas and eventually nationwide. Fandemic Comic Con Tour will be

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Listen Up Primitive Screwheads Season 3 Of “Ash VS Evil Dead” Is Out On Blu-ray

Listen up you primitive screwheads, Ash vs Evil Dead‘s third and final season has just landed on Blu-ray and DVD! The third season was filled to the gills with gore and deadite ass-kicking action. During the season Ash (Bruce Campbell) spent time coping with the strained relationship with his newly discovered daughter Brandy (Arielle Carver-O’Neill). Ash, Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo), Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Dalton (Lindsay Farris) went head to head with Ruby (Lucy Lawless) who was obsessed with raising her spawn and killing Ash. The 2-disc Blu-ray features all ten episodes with an audio commentary featuring the cast and directors, overviews and the featurette “Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead.” Now, you may be wondering what’s next for Bruce Campbell now that Ash has retired. Campbell told us all about what his plans are during our interview. You should check it out.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Maze Based On Horror Film ‘Hell Fest’ Coming To Six Flags For Fright Fest

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company and CBS Films announced today that they formed an exclusive national partnership to provide Six Flags guests with a unique experience in support of CBS Films and Lionsgate’s latest horror movie release, Hell Fest, in theaters Friday, September 28, 2018. In collaboration with Hell Fest creators, Six Flags and CBS Films are launching new haunted attractions based on the movie at three Six Flags theme parks this Fright Fest®. The company’s industry-leading entertainment teams at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA, Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ and Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL will transform haunted mazes into real-life replicas of the movie’s most unnerving, goriest and most epic scenes. Our guests visit Fright Fest to experience the scariest and most haunting attractions in North America. Partnering with CBS Films adds a new, completely immersive in-park experience to our existing lineup and will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Sci-fi Series “Sona” Has Landed On Streaming Service Alpha

Geek & Sundry, Alpha, and Legendary Digital Networks’ interactive streaming platform Alpha have acquired the upcoming sci-fi series, SONA. Created by Ashley Clements – the fan favorite actress from the Emmy-winning series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party – through production company The Jigsaw Ensemble, SONA adds to the sci-fi offering of the entertainment platform’s lineup of original shows and content. Exclusive to Alpha members, SONA is a tale of adventure and hardship featuring a strong female lead with surprising plot twists. SONA’s eponymous protagonist is Lieutenant Belyn Sona, a United Earth Space Corps officer in a future in which aliens are no longer welcome on Earth, including her husband. The story finds our heroine trapped in a malfunctioning escape pod, uncovering through flashback the events and decisions that led to her isolation. This survival tale features a dramatic tour de force as we examine her psychological struggle against themes of mental health, immigration,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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Fractured Visions Film Festival (2018) Annouces Lineup

The Fractured Visions Film Festival has now announced the official selections for this year’s festival that happens September 29th and 30th in Tramshed Cardiff. Over the past 10 months, the festival “has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the official selection for the 2018 Fractured Visions Film Festival has been made.” CHILDREN OF THE FALL (Israel) – UK Premiere – Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark past, arrives in Israel during the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners, and the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday in the Jewish faith), brings a brutal threat to her and her fellow volunteers. What began as a fun celebration of youth quickly turns into a menacing and bloody

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 21, 2018
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