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Actress & Activist Rose McGowan Pens Letter To The Public Following Friend’s Suicide

Depression is something we don’t talk enough about. Too many people struggle in silence which leads to suicide. The statistics are terrifying. Every 30 seconds someone commits suicide, over 3,000 people a day. And for every one of those, 20 more attempt it. Twenty-two veterans a day take their own life every day due to depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Those numbers are mindblowing. We need to find a way to help. Actress turned activist and author Rose McGowan, who starred in the series “Charmed” and films like Planet Terror, Grindhouse, and The Sound, recently released a letter to the public following the heartbreaking suicide of Anthony Bourdain, star of the series “No Reservations” and “Parts Unkown”. We would like to share her statement with you in hopes that you become more aware of the problem and that if you are considering suicide that you reach out for help. Dear Fellow Humans, Sitting across from me is the remarkable human and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
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James Wan Remaking Arachnophobia

Amblin and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are at work on a remake of Frank Marshall’s 1990 classic Arachnophobia, the about a South American spider that takes over a small town after hitching a ride in a coffin. Wan will be producing, but not directing, the film that is currently searching for the right writer. In Wan’s recent tweet he hints that we might get to see John Goodman again, who played the role of the exterminator in the first film. We have our fingers crossed. https://twitter.com/creepypuppet/status/1006272174091485184

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
Directors Chris Micklos And Jay Sapiro Talk 'The Nursery' In An Interview

Directors Chris Micklos And Jay Sapiro Talk ‘The Nursery’ In An Interview

Christopher Micklos and Jay Sapiro are making their directorial debut with the chilling supernatural thriller The Nursery. So I sat down with Micklos and Sapiro to discuss their film, how it came to be, and what’s next for the duo. In the film, “When Ranae, a college student babysits for a family with a tragic history, she finds herself stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her past. Soon, she and her friends must confront the angry, evil spirit hunting them down one-by-one on a deliberate march towards its ultimate prey.” Emmaline Friederichs, Madeline Conway, and Carly Rae James Sauer star. Horror Fuel: “How did you two get brought together for The Nursery?” Jay: “Chris and I have owned a media firm with our third partner and fellow filmmaker Glenn Chung for about twenty years. We’ve made countless ads and videos. We’ve always talked about making a film together on some level. But we kept putting it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
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Chomp Into The New TV Spot For The Meg

A brand new TV spot and image are here to wet our appetite for Jon Turteltaub‘s The Meg, starring Jason Statham. And we want more! Just look at the size of that thing! In the film, based on novel series by Steve Alten, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
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Viral Twitter Ghost Story Dear David Getting A Feature Film

“My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me. That is how the viral tale of Buzzfeed writer Adam Ellis’ Twitter ghost story Dear David started back in August of 2017, which he still claims is a true story. I’ve never been interested in convincing anyone that ghosts are real–I just wanted to tell my story,” Ellis has stated. “If it was all fiction, I probably would’ve updated more than once every couple weeks.” The Twitter tale follows Ellis as he documents the alleged haunting of his apartment by a young boy with a dent in his head. Ellis has now announced that Dan Lin (Stephen King’s IT) is set to produce a feature film based on Ellis’ story. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/1004475290599518208 Mike Van Waes (The Crooked Man) is penning the script. BuzzFeed Studios’ Lauren Dolgan and Hieu Ho (Master Class) will produce alongside Lin and Jonathan Eirich (Death Note).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series

Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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IT: Chapter Two Reveals Final Cast Member

After months of announcing cast, the final member of the Losers Club has been revealed for It: Chapter Two. Now, the last cast member has been revealed. You may be familiar with those hilarious Old Spice commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa. That’s right, IT: Chapter Two has cast the Old Spice guy as the adult version of Mike Hanlon, played in the first film by Chosen Jacobs who announced Mustafa‘s casting via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjylsDBlqUm/?taken-by=chosenjacobs Mustafa (Shadow Hunters, Horrible Bosses) joins Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Andy Bean, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, and Bill Skarsgard who is reprising his role as Pennywise. The first chapter of It centered on a group of children, known as the Losers Club, who are terrorized by Pennywise the clown and forced to face their own demons to defeat him. Chapter Two will follow the same characters as adults who return to their hometown years later to face Pennywise once again. It: Chapter Two, from director

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2018
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Witch Series Ordered By Freeform

Freeform has ordered the pilot for a new witch centered horror-action series with the working title “Motherland“, also known as “Untitled Eliot Laurence Project”. According to Deadline, the show is “an hour-long fantasy drama” from “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. The show is “Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles of gender and power are flipped with the more dominant women on the front lines fighting looming terrorist threats that are familiar to our world, but with tactics and weapons supernatural.” Steve Adelson (12 Monkeys) will be in the director’s chair for the pilot. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick will be executive producing. We had been looking for a show about witches,”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2018
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The Hunt Is On In The Second ‘Predator’ Trailer

We were impressed when the trailer debuted for Shane Black’s Predator, but the second trailer has just arrived revealing that the hunt has begun. And we can’t f*cking wait for The Predator to open in theaters this September! From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The Predator invades theaters nationwide on September 14, 2018, from 20th Century Fox.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2018
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Two Friends Pay For A Terrible Mistake In Netflix’s Calibre

Two friends on a weekend hunting trip make a terrible mistake, now someone has to pay. Netflix has announced the June release of Calibre, along with the trailer for Matt Palmer‘s thriller starring Martin McCann, Jack Lowden, and Tony Curran. In the film, “Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip. Nothing could prepare them for what follows.” Calibre premieres on Netflix on June 29th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2018

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Actress & Activist Rose McGowan Pens Letter To The Public Following Friend’s Suicide

Depression is something we don’t talk enough about. Too many people struggle in silence which leads to suicide. The statistics are terrifying. Every 30 seconds someone commits suicide, over 3,000 people a day. And for every one of those, 20 more attempt it. Twenty-two veterans a day take their own life every day due to depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Those numbers are mindblowing. We need to find a way to help. Actress turned activist and author Rose McGowan, who starred in the series “Charmed” and films like Planet Terror, Grindhouse, and The Sound, recently released a letter to the public following the heartbreaking suicide of Anthony Bourdain, star of the series “No Reservations” and “Parts Unkown”. We would like to share her statement with you in hopes that you become more aware of the problem and that if you are considering suicide that you reach out for help. Dear Fellow Humans, Sitting across from me is the remarkable human and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

James Wan Remaking Arachnophobia

Amblin and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are at work on a remake of Frank Marshall’s 1990 classic Arachnophobia, the about a South American spider that takes over a small town after hitching a ride in a coffin. Wan will be producing, but not directing, the film that is currently searching for the right writer. In Wan’s recent tweet he hints that we might get to see John Goodman again, who played the role of the exterminator in the first film. We have our fingers crossed. https://twitter.com/creepypuppet/status/1006272174091485184

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
Directors Chris Micklos And Jay Sapiro Talk 'The Nursery' In An Interview

Directors Chris Micklos And Jay Sapiro Talk ‘The Nursery’ In An Interview

Christopher Micklos and Jay Sapiro are making their directorial debut with the chilling supernatural thriller The Nursery. So I sat down with Micklos and Sapiro to discuss their film, how it came to be, and what’s next for the duo. In the film, “When Ranae, a college student babysits for a family with a tragic history, she finds herself stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her past. Soon, she and her friends must confront the angry, evil spirit hunting them down one-by-one on a deliberate march towards its ultimate prey.” Emmaline Friederichs, Madeline Conway, and Carly Rae James Sauer star. Horror Fuel: “How did you two get brought together for The Nursery?” Jay: “Chris and I have owned a media firm with our third partner and fellow filmmaker Glenn Chung for about twenty years. We’ve made countless ads and videos. We’ve always talked about making a film together on some level. But we kept putting it

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

Chomp Into The New TV Spot For The Meg

A brand new TV spot and image are here to wet our appetite for Jon Turteltaub‘s The Meg, starring Jason Statham. And we want more! Just look at the size of that thing! In the film, based on novel series by Steve Alten, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

Viral Twitter Ghost Story Dear David Getting A Feature Film

“My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me. That is how the viral tale of Buzzfeed writer Adam Ellis’ Twitter ghost story Dear David started back in August of 2017, which he still claims is a true story. I’ve never been interested in convincing anyone that ghosts are real–I just wanted to tell my story,” Ellis has stated. “If it was all fiction, I probably would’ve updated more than once every couple weeks.” The Twitter tale follows Ellis as he documents the alleged haunting of his apartment by a young boy with a dent in his head. Ellis has now announced that Dan Lin (Stephen King’s IT) is set to produce a feature film based on Ellis’ story. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/1004475290599518208 Mike Van Waes (The Crooked Man) is penning the script. BuzzFeed Studios’ Lauren Dolgan and Hieu Ho (Master Class) will produce alongside Lin and Jonathan Eirich (Death Note).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series

Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2018
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IT: Chapter Two Reveals Final Cast Member

After months of announcing cast, the final member of the Losers Club has been revealed for It: Chapter Two. Now, the last cast member has been revealed. You may be familiar with those hilarious Old Spice commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa. That’s right, IT: Chapter Two has cast the Old Spice guy as the adult version of Mike Hanlon, played in the first film by Chosen Jacobs who announced Mustafa‘s casting via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjylsDBlqUm/?taken-by=chosenjacobs Mustafa (Shadow Hunters, Horrible Bosses) joins Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Andy Bean, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, and Bill Skarsgard who is reprising his role as Pennywise. The first chapter of It centered on a group of children, known as the Losers Club, who are terrorized by Pennywise the clown and forced to face their own demons to defeat him. Chapter Two will follow the same characters as adults who return to their hometown years later to face Pennywise once again. It: Chapter Two, from director

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2018
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Witch Series Ordered By Freeform

Freeform has ordered the pilot for a new witch centered horror-action series with the working title “Motherland“, also known as “Untitled Eliot Laurence Project”. According to Deadline, the show is “an hour-long fantasy drama” from “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. The show is “Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles of gender and power are flipped with the more dominant women on the front lines fighting looming terrorist threats that are familiar to our world, but with tactics and weapons supernatural.” Steve Adelson (12 Monkeys) will be in the director’s chair for the pilot. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick will be executive producing. We had been looking for a show about witches,”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2018
Horror Fuel

The Hunt Is On In The Second ‘Predator’ Trailer

We were impressed when the trailer debuted for Shane Black’s Predator, but the second trailer has just arrived revealing that the hunt has begun. And we can’t f*cking wait for The Predator to open in theaters this September! From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The Predator invades theaters nationwide on September 14, 2018, from 20th Century Fox.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2018
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Two Friends Pay For A Terrible Mistake In Netflix’s Calibre

Two friends on a weekend hunting trip make a terrible mistake, now someone has to pay. Netflix has announced the June release of Calibre, along with the trailer for Matt Palmer‘s thriller starring Martin McCann, Jack Lowden, and Tony Curran. In the film, “Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip. Nothing could prepare them for what follows.” Calibre premieres on Netflix on June 29th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2018
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