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Following this week’s arrival of award-winning director Richard Rowntree‘s dark film Dogged, the film’s killer soundtrack release has just been announced. ScreamWorks Records once again teams up with The Drift composer James Griffiths to present his latest finely tuned chiller score on the Screamworks label. Directed by Richard Rowntree based on his 2015 short film, Dogged is a “horror that deals with the sins of the past and their effects on the present. When Sam returns home to the tidal island where he grew up to attend a funeral of a young girl, he soon realizes that the community he had once left has changed considerably. He soon uncovers disturbing secrets about his former home and the seedy underbelly of the small community harbors more than just a few secrets.” My score for Dogged is very much a homage to the sinister detail that the movie itself presents” reveals composer James Griffiths about his contributions to the film. “The Folk
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The big kid in me can’t wait to see Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. The first trailer is here and it’s filled with monsters. Directed by Ari Sandel (The DUFF) from the script written by Rob Lieber, Goosebumps 2 stars Madison Iseman, Ben O’Brien, Caleel Harris, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ken Jeong, and Chris Parnell. In the film, two kids exploring the abandoned Stine house stumble across a book, “Haunted Halloween”, and unwittingly unleash monsters on their small town. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween arrives in theaters on October 12, 2018, from Sony Pictures.
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The North Bend Film Festival is right around the corner and the full line-up for their inaugural edition, including Cinema Vista and Something Strange feature and short film programs, has just been announced. In addition to the films, the weekend of August 23rd to the 26th will be rich with events that embrace the town of North Bend, once the original shooting location for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, such as a special Twin Peaks Tour, a scenic mountainside hike (offering attendees a rare chance for excursion!), and ‘Damn Fine Coffee’ mixers to kick off the mornings just right. Cinema Vista offers a spectrum of vanguard cinema with centerpiece screening SHIRKERS (presented by The Stranger) and retro screening of the iconic Pacific Northwest queer feature MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (presented with Seattle-based Three Dollar Bill Cinema). Image courtesy of Netflix Shirkers (Washington Premiere) USA | 2018 | 96 Min | Dir. Sandi Tan Cinema-loving teenager Sandi Tan and two friends had
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From writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez, who penned The Eye and Snakes on a Plane, comes Elizabeth Harvest, making its theatrical debut this August. In the film, “newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciaran Hinds) to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish dinners and a dazzling tour of the property. The house staff, Claire (Carla Gugino) and Oliver (Matthew Beard), treats her deferentially but she can’t shake the feeling something is off. Henry explains that everything in his world now belongs to her, all is for her to play in — all except for a locked-off room he forbids her from entering. When he goes away for business Elizabeth decides to investigate and finds she may not be who she thinks she is at all.” This thriller’s all-star cast includes Abbey Lee (Mad Max), Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game), Ciaran Hinds (The Terror), Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Elizabeth
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Director Neill Blomkamp (interview) has an impressive list of films to his credit, including District 9, Chappie, and so many more. Now, he’s adding a new title to his list, RoboCop Returns for MGM! Deadline broke the news today that Blomkamp is set to direct RoboCop Returns which is a direct sequel to the original film. What’s more, the original creators and writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner are set to produce and executive produce, respectively. Justin Rhodes, who also co-wrote the Terminator reboot that Tim Miller (Deadpool) is currently filming, will rewrite the script that Neumeier and Miner wrote many years ago, but was never made. Here’s the original RoboCop trailer to refresh your memory. In the new film, “Anarchy reigns and the fate of Detroit hangs in the balance as RoboCop makes his triumphant return to fight crime and corruption.” The original definitely had a massive effect on me as a kid,” Blomkamp told the site. “I loved
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Witness a kidnapping and woman’s fight for justice in award-winning filmmaker Lou Simon‘s (All girl’s Weekend, HazMat) twisted film 3: An Eye for an Eye. In the film, “A man and a woman kidnap her rapist in order to extract a confession from him. They need to get his confession on tape because he has made up an alibi. Locked up in the basement of a remote home, he is unwilling to confess on camera and continues to assert his innocence. With time running out, how far are they willing to go for justice and what if they are wrong?” Aniela McGuinness (Rock of Ages), Todd Bruno (HazMat), Mike Stanley (“Revolution”), and Katie Carpenter (Acrimony) star in this dark revenge thriller. 3: An Eye for an Eye arrives on VOD August 7, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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From writer/director Teemy Nikki comes the dark, gritty film Euthanizer, opening in theaters this July. Veijo runs a black-market operation euthanizing people’s ailing pets to make extra money. It is clear he has dark secrets, but only after meeting a young nurse and a seedy mechanic (who’s mixed up with a vicious gang of neo-Nazis) that Veijo’s carefully balanced, albeit deranged, life begins to show cracks. Things turn to the extreme when Veijo does not finish a job he was paid to and his client finds out…in this grungy exploitation throwback. Described as a “great addition to – and a new take on – the current wave of grungy exploitation independent cinema” (The AV Club), Euthanizer combines horror and humor like never before. Matti Onnismaa, Jari Virman, Hannamaiji Nokander, and Heikki Nokander star in the thriller, opening in L.A theaters (other cities to be announced) from July 20, with a VOD release set for August 7, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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One of the leading subscription boxes out there, HorrorPack has teamed up with Horror Fuel to give one lucky winner a bloody awesome box of Blu-ray goodies! What’s inside? How To Enter: Like our page and this post Comment Share It’s that simple Rules: Must be 18 to win Must live in the US Winner announced July 18, 2018. Sign up for HorrorPack and get a box of awesome horror movies every month! *Popcorn not included
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Streaming giant Netflix continues to build its massive original library. Their new horror series Ghoul, from India, is set to premiere on the network this August, from genre powerhouse Blumhouse, behind films like Insidious and Get Out. The series, set at a remote military facility, centers on an interrogation that takes a supernatural turn when a man turns on the interrogators, exposing their most shameful secrets. Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, Ratnabali Bhsttscarjee, Maaina Balraj, and Matthew Goenka star. Ghoul, written and directed by Patrick Graham, is set to premiere on Netflix on August 24, 2018.
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The first trailer for Hulu’s new series “Castle Rock” is here and it’s creepy as hell, but that’s only fitting seeing it’s from Master of Horror Stephen King and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The trailer features Bill Skarsgard (It) as a mysterious and twisted prisoner in Shawshank Prison. “Castle Rock is this town that [King] made famous in all these different books; and these two writers, Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw, came up with this incredibly cool, terrifying, weird, funny idea of a series, new story, that takes place in this town,” producer J.J. Abrams recently told Jimmy Fallon. “And all of these characters from Stephen King’s books sort of are peripherally involved. We pitched it to Stephen King. He went nuts for it.” Scott Glenn stars as Alan Pangborn who appeared in both Needful Things and The Dark Half, and Sissy Spacek (Carrie) as Ruth Deaver, the adoptive mother of the series’ lead character Henry (Andre
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Following this week’s arrival of award-winning director Richard Rowntree‘s dark film Dogged, the film’s killer soundtrack release has just been announced. ScreamWorks Records once again teams up with The Drift composer James Griffiths to present his latest finely tuned chiller score on the Screamworks label. Directed by Richard Rowntree based on his 2015 short film, Dogged is a “horror that deals with the sins of the past and their effects on the present. When Sam returns home to the tidal island where he grew up to attend a funeral of a young girl, he soon realizes that the community he had once left has changed considerably. He soon uncovers disturbing secrets about his former home and the seedy underbelly of the small community harbors more than just a few secrets.” My score for Dogged is very much a homage to the sinister detail that the movie itself presents” reveals composer James Griffiths about his contributions to the film. “The Folk
Continue reading →
HalloweenHoliday HorrorMoviesNewsTrailers
The big kid in me can’t wait to see Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. The first trailer is here and it’s filled with monsters. Directed by Ari Sandel (The DUFF) from the script written by Rob Lieber, Goosebumps 2 stars Madison Iseman, Ben O’Brien, Caleel Harris, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ken Jeong, and Chris Parnell. In the film, two kids exploring the abandoned Stine house stumble across a book, “Haunted Halloween”, and unwittingly unleash monsters on their small town. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween arrives in theaters on October 12, 2018, from Sony Pictures.
Continue reading →
Film Festivals
The North Bend Film Festival is right around the corner and the full line-up for their inaugural edition, including Cinema Vista and Something Strange feature and short film programs, has just been announced. In addition to the films, the weekend of August 23rd to the 26th will be rich with events that embrace the town of North Bend, once the original shooting location for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, such as a special Twin Peaks Tour, a scenic mountainside hike (offering attendees a rare chance for excursion!), and ‘Damn Fine Coffee’ mixers to kick off the mornings just right. Cinema Vista offers a spectrum of vanguard cinema with centerpiece screening SHIRKERS (presented by The Stranger) and retro screening of the iconic Pacific Northwest queer feature MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (presented with Seattle-based Three Dollar Bill Cinema). Image courtesy of Netflix Shirkers (Washington Premiere) USA | 2018 | 96 Min | Dir. Sandi Tan Cinema-loving teenager Sandi Tan and two friends had
Continue reading →
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From writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez, who penned The Eye and Snakes on a Plane, comes Elizabeth Harvest, making its theatrical debut this August. In the film, “newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciaran Hinds) to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish dinners and a dazzling tour of the property. The house staff, Claire (Carla Gugino) and Oliver (Matthew Beard), treats her deferentially but she can’t shake the feeling something is off. Henry explains that everything in his world now belongs to her, all is for her to play in — all except for a locked-off room he forbids her from entering. When he goes away for business Elizabeth decides to investigate and finds she may not be who she thinks she is at all.” This thriller’s all-star cast includes Abbey Lee (Mad Max), Carla Gugino (Gerald’s Game), Ciaran Hinds (The Terror), Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Elizabeth
Continue reading →
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Director Neill Blomkamp (interview) has an impressive list of films to his credit, including District 9, Chappie, and so many more. Now, he’s adding a new title to his list, RoboCop Returns for MGM! Deadline broke the news today that Blomkamp is set to direct RoboCop Returns which is a direct sequel to the original film. What’s more, the original creators and writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner are set to produce and executive produce, respectively. Justin Rhodes, who also co-wrote the Terminator reboot that Tim Miller (Deadpool) is currently filming, will rewrite the script that Neumeier and Miner wrote many years ago, but was never made. Here’s the original RoboCop trailer to refresh your memory. In the new film, “Anarchy reigns and the fate of Detroit hangs in the balance as RoboCop makes his triumphant return to fight crime and corruption.” The original definitely had a massive effect on me as a kid,” Blomkamp told the site. “I loved
Continue reading →
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Witness a kidnapping and woman’s fight for justice in award-winning filmmaker Lou Simon‘s (All girl’s Weekend, HazMat) twisted film 3: An Eye for an Eye. In the film, “A man and a woman kidnap her rapist in order to extract a confession from him. They need to get his confession on tape because he has made up an alibi. Locked up in the basement of a remote home, he is unwilling to confess on camera and continues to assert his innocence. With time running out, how far are they willing to go for justice and what if they are wrong?” Aniela McGuinness (Rock of Ages), Todd Bruno (HazMat), Mike Stanley (“Revolution”), and Katie Carpenter (Acrimony) star in this dark revenge thriller. 3: An Eye for an Eye arrives on VOD August 7, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
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From writer/director Teemy Nikki comes the dark, gritty film Euthanizer, opening in theaters this July. Veijo runs a black-market operation euthanizing people’s ailing pets to make extra money. It is clear he has dark secrets, but only after meeting a young nurse and a seedy mechanic (who’s mixed up with a vicious gang of neo-Nazis) that Veijo’s carefully balanced, albeit deranged, life begins to show cracks. Things turn to the extreme when Veijo does not finish a job he was paid to and his client finds out…in this grungy exploitation throwback. Described as a “great addition to – and a new take on – the current wave of grungy exploitation independent cinema” (The AV Club), Euthanizer combines horror and humor like never before. Matti Onnismaa, Jari Virman, Hannamaiji Nokander, and Heikki Nokander star in the thriller, opening in L.A theaters (other cities to be announced) from July 20, with a VOD release set for August 7, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
Giveaways & ContestsNewsProduct
One of the leading subscription boxes out there, HorrorPack has teamed up with Horror Fuel to give one lucky winner a bloody awesome box of Blu-ray goodies! What’s inside? How To Enter: Like our page and this post Comment Share It’s that simple Rules: Must be 18 to win Must live in the US Winner announced July 18, 2018. Sign up for HorrorPack and get a box of awesome horror movies every month! *Popcorn not included
Continue reading →
NetflixNewsStreaming TVTrailers
Streaming giant Netflix continues to build its massive original library. Their new horror series Ghoul, from India, is set to premiere on the network this August, from genre powerhouse Blumhouse, behind films like Insidious and Get Out. The series, set at a remote military facility, centers on an interrogation that takes a supernatural turn when a man turns on the interrogators, exposing their most shameful secrets. Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, Ratnabali Bhsttscarjee, Maaina Balraj, and Matthew Goenka star. Ghoul, written and directed by Patrick Graham, is set to premiere on Netflix on August 24, 2018.
Continue reading →
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The first trailer for Hulu’s new series “Castle Rock” is here and it’s creepy as hell, but that’s only fitting seeing it’s from Master of Horror Stephen King and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The trailer features Bill Skarsgard (It) as a mysterious and twisted prisoner in Shawshank Prison. “Castle Rock is this town that [King] made famous in all these different books; and these two writers, Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw, came up with this incredibly cool, terrifying, weird, funny idea of a series, new story, that takes place in this town,” producer J.J. Abrams recently told Jimmy Fallon. “And all of these characters from Stephen King’s books sort of are peripherally involved. We pitched it to Stephen King. He went nuts for it.” Scott Glenn stars as Alan Pangborn who appeared in both Needful Things and The Dark Half, and Sissy Spacek (Carrie) as Ruth Deaver, the adoptive mother of the series’ lead character Henry (Andre
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