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The Queen Mary Kicks Off Midsummer Scream This July

This July The Queen Mary‘s Dark Harbor haunt will unveil its highly-anticipated 2018 season, Midsummer Scream, in Long Beach. They will also welcome a new, dark, surprise guest, character appearances, and a behind the scenes look at all the wicked frights to come. Join the producers and directors of Dark Harbor for a featured presentation and discussion of all that’s new and exciting for Dark Harbor in 2018 on Sunday, July 29th at 12 pm PST Be one of the first to learn all the gruesome details of Southern California’s authentically haunted attraction and the malevolent details of who will haunt the Dark Harbor shipyard, and haunt attendees nightmares, nightly. Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is a weekend-long celebration of everything Halloween, haunts and horror on July 28-29 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Get your tickets here for Sunday, July 29 at 12 pm. Where: Midsummer Scream GRAND BALLROOM Long Beach Convention Center 300 E Ocean

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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‘The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The BigFoot’ Making Its World Premiere At Fantasia

The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up for a big year, including the world premiere of Robert D. Krzykowski‘s The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigFoot on July 20th. Star of film and screen Sam Elliot stars as Calvin Barr, a legendary World War II veteran who many years ago assassinated Adolf Hitler – an incredible secret that he’s frustratingly unable to share with the world. One day, just as he’s coming to terms with rounding out his life, Calvin gets a visit from the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They need him to take out Bigfoot. Elliot has had a long, amazing career in both television and film, starring movies like Tombstone, Road House, The Big Lebowski, and We Were Soldiers, as well as series like “The Ranch”, “Justified”, and so many more. The feature debut from writer/director Robert D. Krzykowski features visual effects by celebrated two-time Academy Award Winner Douglas Trumbull (Blade Runner),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Bloody ‘Tales From The Hood 2’ Trailer

After 23 years, the sequel to Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott‘s Tales from the Hood is finally on its way. In fact, the trailer has just arrived and the release date announced! Keith David (The Thing) stars as Mr. Simms who reveals stories about lust, greed, pride, and politics told through tales with possessed psychics, demonic dolls, vengeful vixens, and ghosts. David stars alongside Bryan Batt, Alexandria DeBerry, Jay Huguley, Kendrick Cross, Andy Cohen, Martin Bats Bradford, Adian Lockett, Kenesha Washington, Gunnar Anderson, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Toney Chapman Steele. Cundieff and Scott produce with Spike Lee serving as executive producer. Tales from the Hood 2 will make its world premiere at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, July 13th. The anthology will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, and On Demand on October 2, 2018, from Universal and 1440 Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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The Walking Dead Headed To New Location In Season 9 Poster

The new poster for season nine of “The Walking Dead” has been released ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, revealing Rick and some of the group are heading to a new location, the capital which is in ruins. That’s not all the art teases. If you look closely you will see a helicopter in the background. Could it be the same one we’ve seen in two different episodes? “The Walking Dead” panel is set for Friday, July 20th. Odds are new details about the ninth season will be revealed. We’ll keep you posted. SPOILER below We already know that we will see the exit of Andrew Lincoln from the series this season. Word is Lauren Cohan will also be leaving. Don’t panic though, Norman Reedus has been offered a fat raise ($20 Million) to step up as the main character. Many fans are already upset about the lineup change, but in the zombie apocalypse, no one is safe. The question is,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Nicolas Winding Refn Launching A FREE Streaming Horror Service

Brilliant filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is giving genre fans the gift of FREE horror films. The Drive director is launching a free streaming service, byNWR, dedicated to films that have flown under many genre fan’s radar. The service is being described as “an unadulterated expressway for the arts.” In an article he wrote for The Guardian, Refn stated: I want [the future] to be an uncontrolled place of beautiful chaos, where everyone can create their own universe and is free to speak their own mind, without being overseen by big business. A place of free speech and free access,” Refn told the site. “Over recent years, I’ve bought and had restored scores of old movies as a hobby. I wondered what to do with them. Then I realized I should share them for free, so I set up a website where they could be streamed. There’s no catch; you’re not being sold anything. Take it or leave it.” “I hope

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Enter ‘The Forest Of Lost Souls’ This August From Wild Eye Releasing

Wild Eye Releasing has just announced the theatrical release date for the Portuguese “coming of age” horror film The Forest of Lost Souls which made its world premiere at 2017’s Fantasporto Film Festival. Written and directed by José Pedro Lopes, the film centers on “Ricardo and Carolina, complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the “Forest of the Lost Souls”, a place where many people go to commit suicide. These two, a young woman and an old man, are no different than the others as they also came to the forest for this very reason. They decide to briefly postpone killing themselves in order to explore the forest and also to continue talking to one another, as Ricardo and Carolina find themselves intrigued by one another. However, as the pair go further into the forest it becomes clear that one of them has other reasons for being in the forest and is not who they would have the other

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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First Image From The Set Of ‘It: Chapter Two’ Surfaces

Principle photography has begun on Andy Muschietti‘s It: Chapter Two in Toronto, Canada. The follow-up to last year’s massive hit inspired by Stephen King’s 1986 novel. The first image has arrived via producer Barabra Mushietti‘s Instagram account and reveals Andy, her brother, standing in a Pennywise 2 jersey as he watches the cameras roll. Even though the screens have been blurred, it’s still exciting knowing that filming has started. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkyYRQ5AIMf/?taken-by=barbaramus Directed by Muschietti from the screenplay written by Gary Dauberman, the film stars Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh, Bill Hader as Richie, James McAvoy as Bill, James Ransone as Eddie, Andy Bean as Stanley, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike and Jay Ryan as Ben. Xavier Dolan is Adrian Mellon, Teach Grant as bully Henry Bowers, with Will Beinbrink as Tom Rogan, and Jess Weixler as Bill’s wife. Bill Skarsgård returns as the demented entity known as Pennywise. It: Chapter Two opens in theaters nationwide on September 6, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2018
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Horror Comedy ‘Book Of Monsters’ Releases Gore Filled Trailer Ahead Of FrightFest

Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest, the trailer for the horror comedy Book of Monsters has released its first gore-filled trailer. Filled with gore, sex, and supernatural entities, the film, directed by Stewart Sparke and written by Paul Butler, stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis, Steph Mossman, and Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser). In the film, “Sophie’s 18th birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and eaten, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell. To survive the night, Sophie will face her destiny; monsters are real – and she’s the only one who can stop them.” For more on FrightFest happening this August please visit their official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2018
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The Soska Sisters’ ‘Rabid’ Reboot Announces First Cast Member

The Soska Sisters‘ upcoming remake of David Cronenberg‘s 1977 body horror Rabid has begun casting. Jigsaw actress Laura Vandervoort is the first to be announced, which the actress confirmed in an Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkiYeYbnZ-z/?taken-by=supervandie “What happens when you realize to achieve your dreams you have to live a nightmare? Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and action. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but terrible accident leaves Rose scared beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical untested stem cell treatment. The treatment is nothing short of a miracle and the wallflower turns into the bell-of-the-ball. It all seems to good to be true. She is now everything she wanted to be. But everything in life comes at a price and this new found perfect life is no exception.” Jen and Sylvia Soska‘s Rabid has already been picked up by Shout! Studios in the US, A71 in Canada and 101 Films

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2018
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YouTube Star Sailor J Cast In AMC’s “NOS4A2”

Casting has begun for AMC’s upcoming series adaptation on Joe Hill’s “NOS4A2”. Today we’ve learned via Deadline that YouTube star Jahkara Smith (aka Sailor J) has been cast as Maggie Leigh, a recurring role in the supernatural horror series. Maggie is a bubbly, purple-haired librarian with a Scrabble Bag portal to the universe. “NOS4A2” centers on Vic McQueen, a young, working-class artist who discovers she has a supernatural ability to track Charlie Manx, who appears to be an immortal. Manx feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – a twisted Christmas Village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas day and unhappiness is against the law. Vic must find a way to defeat Manx and rescue his victims – without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself. AMC Studios is producing in association with Michael Eisner’s Tornante Television. The series was created by Jami O’Brien (Fear the Walking Dead) who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2018

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The Queen Mary Kicks Off Midsummer Scream This July

This July The Queen Mary‘s Dark Harbor haunt will unveil its highly-anticipated 2018 season, Midsummer Scream, in Long Beach. They will also welcome a new, dark, surprise guest, character appearances, and a behind the scenes look at all the wicked frights to come. Join the producers and directors of Dark Harbor for a featured presentation and discussion of all that’s new and exciting for Dark Harbor in 2018 on Sunday, July 29th at 12 pm PST Be one of the first to learn all the gruesome details of Southern California’s authentically haunted attraction and the malevolent details of who will haunt the Dark Harbor shipyard, and haunt attendees nightmares, nightly. Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is a weekend-long celebration of everything Halloween, haunts and horror on July 28-29 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Get your tickets here for Sunday, July 29 at 12 pm. Where: Midsummer Scream GRAND BALLROOM Long Beach Convention Center 300 E Ocean

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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‘The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The BigFoot’ Making Its World Premiere At Fantasia

The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up for a big year, including the world premiere of Robert D. Krzykowski‘s The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigFoot on July 20th. Star of film and screen Sam Elliot stars as Calvin Barr, a legendary World War II veteran who many years ago assassinated Adolf Hitler – an incredible secret that he’s frustratingly unable to share with the world. One day, just as he’s coming to terms with rounding out his life, Calvin gets a visit from the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They need him to take out Bigfoot. Elliot has had a long, amazing career in both television and film, starring movies like Tombstone, Road House, The Big Lebowski, and We Were Soldiers, as well as series like “The Ranch”, “Justified”, and so many more. The feature debut from writer/director Robert D. Krzykowski features visual effects by celebrated two-time Academy Award Winner Douglas Trumbull (Blade Runner),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Bloody ‘Tales From The Hood 2’ Trailer

After 23 years, the sequel to Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott‘s Tales from the Hood is finally on its way. In fact, the trailer has just arrived and the release date announced! Keith David (The Thing) stars as Mr. Simms who reveals stories about lust, greed, pride, and politics told through tales with possessed psychics, demonic dolls, vengeful vixens, and ghosts. David stars alongside Bryan Batt, Alexandria DeBerry, Jay Huguley, Kendrick Cross, Andy Cohen, Martin Bats Bradford, Adian Lockett, Kenesha Washington, Gunnar Anderson, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Toney Chapman Steele. Cundieff and Scott produce with Spike Lee serving as executive producer. Tales from the Hood 2 will make its world premiere at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, July 13th. The anthology will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, and On Demand on October 2, 2018, from Universal and 1440 Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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The Walking Dead Headed To New Location In Season 9 Poster

The new poster for season nine of “The Walking Dead” has been released ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, revealing Rick and some of the group are heading to a new location, the capital which is in ruins. That’s not all the art teases. If you look closely you will see a helicopter in the background. Could it be the same one we’ve seen in two different episodes? “The Walking Dead” panel is set for Friday, July 20th. Odds are new details about the ninth season will be revealed. We’ll keep you posted. SPOILER below We already know that we will see the exit of Andrew Lincoln from the series this season. Word is Lauren Cohan will also be leaving. Don’t panic though, Norman Reedus has been offered a fat raise ($20 Million) to step up as the main character. Many fans are already upset about the lineup change, but in the zombie apocalypse, no one is safe. The question is,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Nicolas Winding Refn Launching A FREE Streaming Horror Service

Brilliant filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is giving genre fans the gift of FREE horror films. The Drive director is launching a free streaming service, byNWR, dedicated to films that have flown under many genre fan’s radar. The service is being described as “an unadulterated expressway for the arts.” In an article he wrote for The Guardian, Refn stated: I want [the future] to be an uncontrolled place of beautiful chaos, where everyone can create their own universe and is free to speak their own mind, without being overseen by big business. A place of free speech and free access,” Refn told the site. “Over recent years, I’ve bought and had restored scores of old movies as a hobby. I wondered what to do with them. Then I realized I should share them for free, so I set up a website where they could be streamed. There’s no catch; you’re not being sold anything. Take it or leave it.” “I hope

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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Enter ‘The Forest Of Lost Souls’ This August From Wild Eye Releasing

Wild Eye Releasing has just announced the theatrical release date for the Portuguese “coming of age” horror film The Forest of Lost Souls which made its world premiere at 2017’s Fantasporto Film Festival. Written and directed by José Pedro Lopes, the film centers on “Ricardo and Carolina, complete strangers that meet seemingly by chance in the “Forest of the Lost Souls”, a place where many people go to commit suicide. These two, a young woman and an old man, are no different than the others as they also came to the forest for this very reason. They decide to briefly postpone killing themselves in order to explore the forest and also to continue talking to one another, as Ricardo and Carolina find themselves intrigued by one another. However, as the pair go further into the forest it becomes clear that one of them has other reasons for being in the forest and is not who they would have the other

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 10, 2018
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First Image From The Set Of ‘It: Chapter Two’ Surfaces

Principle photography has begun on Andy Muschietti‘s It: Chapter Two in Toronto, Canada. The follow-up to last year’s massive hit inspired by Stephen King’s 1986 novel. The first image has arrived via producer Barabra Mushietti‘s Instagram account and reveals Andy, her brother, standing in a Pennywise 2 jersey as he watches the cameras roll. Even though the screens have been blurred, it’s still exciting knowing that filming has started. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkyYRQ5AIMf/?taken-by=barbaramus Directed by Muschietti from the screenplay written by Gary Dauberman, the film stars Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh, Bill Hader as Richie, James McAvoy as Bill, James Ransone as Eddie, Andy Bean as Stanley, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike and Jay Ryan as Ben. Xavier Dolan is Adrian Mellon, Teach Grant as bully Henry Bowers, with Will Beinbrink as Tom Rogan, and Jess Weixler as Bill’s wife. Bill Skarsgård returns as the demented entity known as Pennywise. It: Chapter Two opens in theaters nationwide on September 6, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2018
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Horror Comedy ‘Book Of Monsters’ Releases Gore Filled Trailer Ahead Of FrightFest

Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest, the trailer for the horror comedy Book of Monsters has released its first gore-filled trailer. Filled with gore, sex, and supernatural entities, the film, directed by Stewart Sparke and written by Paul Butler, stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis, Steph Mossman, and Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser). In the film, “Sophie’s 18th birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and eaten, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell. To survive the night, Sophie will face her destiny; monsters are real – and she’s the only one who can stop them.” For more on FrightFest happening this August please visit their official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2018
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The Soska Sisters’ ‘Rabid’ Reboot Announces First Cast Member

The Soska Sisters‘ upcoming remake of David Cronenberg‘s 1977 body horror Rabid has begun casting. Jigsaw actress Laura Vandervoort is the first to be announced, which the actress confirmed in an Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkiYeYbnZ-z/?taken-by=supervandie “What happens when you realize to achieve your dreams you have to live a nightmare? Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and action. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but terrible accident leaves Rose scared beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical untested stem cell treatment. The treatment is nothing short of a miracle and the wallflower turns into the bell-of-the-ball. It all seems to good to be true. She is now everything she wanted to be. But everything in life comes at a price and this new found perfect life is no exception.” Jen and Sylvia Soska‘s Rabid has already been picked up by Shout! Studios in the US, A71 in Canada and 101 Films

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YouTube Star Sailor J Cast In AMC’s “NOS4A2”

Casting has begun for AMC’s upcoming series adaptation on Joe Hill’s “NOS4A2”. Today we’ve learned via Deadline that YouTube star Jahkara Smith (aka Sailor J) has been cast as Maggie Leigh, a recurring role in the supernatural horror series. Maggie is a bubbly, purple-haired librarian with a Scrabble Bag portal to the universe. “NOS4A2” centers on Vic McQueen, a young, working-class artist who discovers she has a supernatural ability to track Charlie Manx, who appears to be an immortal. Manx feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – a twisted Christmas Village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas day and unhappiness is against the law. Vic must find a way to defeat Manx and rescue his victims – without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself. AMC Studios is producing in association with Michael Eisner’s Tornante Television. The series was created by Jami O’Brien (Fear the Walking Dead) who

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