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Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘You Should Have Left’ Adaptation

David Koepp and Blumhouse, along with Kevin Bacon, are teaming up for the film adaptation of the international best-selling novel You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, THR is reporting. Termors star Kevin Bacon will be both starring and producing the film which begins production later this year. Koepp, who penned the script, will be in the director’s chair. Bacon found the book and the two teamed up to option the story. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, Koepp directed Bacon on the set of 1999’s supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes. Koepp’s screenwriting credits also include Jurassic Park, Panic Room, and Spider-Man. The book tells of, “a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit. But in shades of The Shining, the classic Stephen King novel that was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, the writer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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Bill Oberst Jr. And Rachel Alig Are ‘At Granny’s House’ In New Trailer

Bill Oberst Jr. (Death House) and Rachel Alig (Officer Down) are At Granny’s House in writer-director Les Mahoney’s award-winning indie horror, now available worldwide on VOD. “A Hitchcockian thriller with twists and turns, made for the YouTube generation with its depictions of the ubiquity and downside of cellphone usage and connectivity thru social media, At Granny’s House is the story of a young caregiver with a dark agenda moves into an elderly woman’s house. Soon, Granny’s house becomes a macabre place of death – and love.” Bill Oberst Jr (“Criminal Minds”, Death House), Rachel Alig (Bikini Spring Break, 12/12/12), Les Mahoney (Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off) and Laura Lee (Casting JonBenet) star in At Granny’s House, now available on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Vimeo (worldwide).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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A Vengeful Spirit Is Born In The First Clip From ‘Killing Joan’

The first clip for the supernatural revenge thriller Killing Joan is here. Starring Jamie Bernadette (interview), the film centers on Joan Butler, an implacable spirit out to bring down the mobsters that left her for dead in writer-director Todd Bartoo’s highly-anticipated and unique unification of The Crow and Death Wish, Killing Joan is set to be released this April from Uncork’d Entertainment. Joan (Jamie Bernadette, All Girl’s Weekend, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) is an enforcer known for her ruthless tactics and wild abandon. After she is double crossed by her boss and left for dead, she becomes a vengeful spirit and is doomed to wander the Earth until she is able to take down the men that attacked her. With, “eye-popping visual effects by Paul Lada (Prometheus, Harry Potter, Pacific Rim Uprising) and a superlative support cast including Teo Celigo, Erik Aude, David Carey Foster, Katarina Leigh Waters, Erin O’Brien and Daniel Gardner, Killing Joan is the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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Kyra Sedgwick And Jeffery Donovan Join Bill Skarsgård In ‘Villians’

Last week, Bill Skarsgård (It) and Maika Monroe (It Follows) boarded Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s dark comedy thriller Villians, set to begin principal photography in New York this week. Berk and Olsen will direct from their script, which made the 2016 Black List. Today we report that Kyra Sedgwick (The Woodsmen) and “Burn Notice” actor Jeffery Donovan have also joined the cast. In the film, after breaking into a suburban home, a pair of amateur criminals stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep their secret from getting out. Star Thrower’s Tim and Trevor White are producing along with Allan Mandelbaum and The Realm’s Garrick Dion. Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth are serving as executive producers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 25, 2018
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An Update On New Line’s ‘Friday The 13th’ Reboot

Just as production was set to begin on a new Friday the 13th reboot from director Breck Eisner (The Crazies), the brakes were hit. Not much has been said about the situation, until now. Rights to the franchise are set to revert back to New Line sometime next year. But a lawsuit from the original film’s writer Victor Miller (interview) may cause problems for the studio. ArrowInTheHead.com recently talked with Platinum Dunes producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller about the situation. One of the biggest heartbreaks of the last couple years was that we were about to make that movie and it fell apart. That still hurts,” Fuller said. “The fans reach out to us; Andrew doesn’t really engage because he’s not on Twitter, but I am and I hear from the fans and that’s all they ask about. We get asked about that more than anything else.” He continued. “Fans think it’s so simple, that if we want to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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‘Rampage’ Arriving In Theaters On New Date

New Line Cinema’s video game to film adaptation of Rampage will be arriving one week earlier than previously announced. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in the film directed by Brad Peyton who he worked together with on San Andreas. Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Malin Akerman (Billions), Jake Lacy (Girls), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( The Walking Dead), P.J. Byrne (Final Destination 5), Marley Shelton (Solace), Breanne Hill (San Andreas), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), and Matt Gerald (Daredevil) co-star. In the film, “Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered alpha predators. As these newly created monsters tear across North America, destroying everything in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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Serial Killer Pedro Rodrigues Filho, The Real “Dexter”

You rarely see a good serial killer, but if you had to cheer one on it would probably be “Dexter”. You might be surprised to learn that there was a real serial killer that would give Dexter a run for his money. Meet Pedro Rodrigues Filho. Filho committed at least 70 murders. He started young, killing at least 10 by the age of 18. His choice of victims sets him apart from the crowd, he didn’t target the average person, instead, he went after other criminals and those he felt had wronged him. The killer, once described as the “perfect psychopath”, had a rough life from the moment he came kicking and screaming into this world. Born in 1954 in Gerais, Brazil, he was born with a head injury caused by the abuse his mother took while pregnant from his dad. He also suffered physical abuse from his father throughout his childhood. Filho’s first murder attempt was at 13 when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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This Summer ‘The Sitter’ Finds A Job That’s To Die For

“This Summer, Aisling Knight is hired for a job to die for.” Shot in a real haunted house in Oxfordshire, the blood-curdling spite spookfest The Sitter centers on Charlotte (Knight), a broke college student who gets a gig to house sit for an eccentric couple for a long weekend. She couldn’t believe how lucky she is. When darkness falls, things start to take a far more sinister turn. Charlotte is unable to shake the feeling that her every move is being watched and it is not long before her worst fears are confirmed — there is something else in the house with her… Richard Kilgour, Jill Buchanan, Samantha Schnitzler, and Bjorn Franklin star in Simon Richardson’s Summer creature feature. The Sitter arrives this June from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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‘Dogged’ Director’s Next Film ‘Nefarious’ Hits Kickstarter

Ash Mountain Films has launched their crowdfunding campaign for their second genre film Nefarious, the home invasion horror-thriller from director Richard Rowntree (Dogged). Following the success of their first feature Dogged, which will be released later this year in North America and in the UK by Left Films, the team has embarked on another ambitious feature film project, and they’re hoping for lots more support from the horror community to get it made. In the Nefarious, a home invasion goes terribly wrong leaving the protagonists fighting for their lives against a predator of monstrous proportions. The film promises to focus on themes relating to real world current issues including poverty & the class divide, mental health and sexual manipulation, and boasts a cast horror fans will be familiar with in Toby Wynn-Davies (Escape From Cannibal Farm, Dogged) and star of the hit Crypt TV short film “The Birch”, Aaron Thomas Ward. The team has promised some imaginative & gory practical

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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‘4/20 Massacre’ Coming To The Theater, VOD, And DVD This April

Suspense, smoke, and a killer are headed your way with 4/20 Massacre, starring Jamie Bernadette (interview) and Justine Wachsberger. The first-ever “stoner slasher” pits hot young stars against cinema’s next iconic monster in this horror-comedy that arrives just in time for the official holiday of weed enthusiasts. From writer-director Dylan Reynolds comes a tale of five women on a camping trip celebrating their friend’s birthday over the 4/20 weekend. When the group accidentally crosses the path of an illegal pot farm they must fight to survive a living nightmare. Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu, Killing Joan), Vanessa Rose Parker (Samurai Cop 2), Justine Wachsberger (Divergent), Stacey Danger (‘’Jean-Claude Van Johnson’’), Marissa Pistone (Raze), Jim Storm (Dark Shadows), Mark Schroeder (‘’Pretty Little Liars’’) Jim Round, Drew Talbert, and James Gregory star. “Inhale. Exhale. Scream.” 4/20 Massacre premieres on VOD and DVD on April 3, 2018, from Film Chest. You can preorder your copy now on Amazon. Or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018

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Kevin Bacon To Star In ‘You Should Have Left’ Adaptation

David Koepp and Blumhouse, along with Kevin Bacon, are teaming up for the film adaptation of the international best-selling novel You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, THR is reporting. Termors star Kevin Bacon will be both starring and producing the film which begins production later this year. Koepp, who penned the script, will be in the director’s chair. Bacon found the book and the two teamed up to option the story. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, Koepp directed Bacon on the set of 1999’s supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes. Koepp’s screenwriting credits also include Jurassic Park, Panic Room, and Spider-Man. The book tells of, “a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit. But in shades of The Shining, the classic Stephen King novel that was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, the writer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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Bill Oberst Jr. And Rachel Alig Are ‘At Granny’s House’ In New Trailer

Bill Oberst Jr. (Death House) and Rachel Alig (Officer Down) are At Granny’s House in writer-director Les Mahoney’s award-winning indie horror, now available worldwide on VOD. “A Hitchcockian thriller with twists and turns, made for the YouTube generation with its depictions of the ubiquity and downside of cellphone usage and connectivity thru social media, At Granny’s House is the story of a young caregiver with a dark agenda moves into an elderly woman’s house. Soon, Granny’s house becomes a macabre place of death – and love.” Bill Oberst Jr (“Criminal Minds”, Death House), Rachel Alig (Bikini Spring Break, 12/12/12), Les Mahoney (Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off) and Laura Lee (Casting JonBenet) star in At Granny’s House, now available on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Vimeo (worldwide).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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A Vengeful Spirit Is Born In The First Clip From ‘Killing Joan’

The first clip for the supernatural revenge thriller Killing Joan is here. Starring Jamie Bernadette (interview), the film centers on Joan Butler, an implacable spirit out to bring down the mobsters that left her for dead in writer-director Todd Bartoo’s highly-anticipated and unique unification of The Crow and Death Wish, Killing Joan is set to be released this April from Uncork’d Entertainment. Joan (Jamie Bernadette, All Girl’s Weekend, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) is an enforcer known for her ruthless tactics and wild abandon. After she is double crossed by her boss and left for dead, she becomes a vengeful spirit and is doomed to wander the Earth until she is able to take down the men that attacked her. With, “eye-popping visual effects by Paul Lada (Prometheus, Harry Potter, Pacific Rim Uprising) and a superlative support cast including Teo Celigo, Erik Aude, David Carey Foster, Katarina Leigh Waters, Erin O’Brien and Daniel Gardner, Killing Joan is the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 26, 2018
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Kyra Sedgwick And Jeffery Donovan Join Bill Skarsgård In ‘Villians’

Last week, Bill Skarsgård (It) and Maika Monroe (It Follows) boarded Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s dark comedy thriller Villians, set to begin principal photography in New York this week. Berk and Olsen will direct from their script, which made the 2016 Black List. Today we report that Kyra Sedgwick (The Woodsmen) and “Burn Notice” actor Jeffery Donovan have also joined the cast. In the film, after breaking into a suburban home, a pair of amateur criminals stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep their secret from getting out. Star Thrower’s Tim and Trevor White are producing along with Allan Mandelbaum and The Realm’s Garrick Dion. Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth are serving as executive producers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 25, 2018
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An Update On New Line’s ‘Friday The 13th’ Reboot

Just as production was set to begin on a new Friday the 13th reboot from director Breck Eisner (The Crazies), the brakes were hit. Not much has been said about the situation, until now. Rights to the franchise are set to revert back to New Line sometime next year. But a lawsuit from the original film’s writer Victor Miller (interview) may cause problems for the studio. ArrowInTheHead.com recently talked with Platinum Dunes producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller about the situation. One of the biggest heartbreaks of the last couple years was that we were about to make that movie and it fell apart. That still hurts,” Fuller said. “The fans reach out to us; Andrew doesn’t really engage because he’s not on Twitter, but I am and I hear from the fans and that’s all they ask about. We get asked about that more than anything else.” He continued. “Fans think it’s so simple, that if we want to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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‘Rampage’ Arriving In Theaters On New Date

New Line Cinema’s video game to film adaptation of Rampage will be arriving one week earlier than previously announced. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in the film directed by Brad Peyton who he worked together with on San Andreas. Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Malin Akerman (Billions), Jake Lacy (Girls), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( The Walking Dead), P.J. Byrne (Final Destination 5), Marley Shelton (Solace), Breanne Hill (San Andreas), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), and Matt Gerald (Daredevil) co-star. In the film, “Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered alpha predators. As these newly created monsters tear across North America, destroying everything in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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Serial Killer Pedro Rodrigues Filho, The Real “Dexter”

You rarely see a good serial killer, but if you had to cheer one on it would probably be “Dexter”. You might be surprised to learn that there was a real serial killer that would give Dexter a run for his money. Meet Pedro Rodrigues Filho. Filho committed at least 70 murders. He started young, killing at least 10 by the age of 18. His choice of victims sets him apart from the crowd, he didn’t target the average person, instead, he went after other criminals and those he felt had wronged him. The killer, once described as the “perfect psychopath”, had a rough life from the moment he came kicking and screaming into this world. Born in 1954 in Gerais, Brazil, he was born with a head injury caused by the abuse his mother took while pregnant from his dad. He also suffered physical abuse from his father throughout his childhood. Filho’s first murder attempt was at 13 when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2018
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This Summer ‘The Sitter’ Finds A Job That’s To Die For

“This Summer, Aisling Knight is hired for a job to die for.” Shot in a real haunted house in Oxfordshire, the blood-curdling spite spookfest The Sitter centers on Charlotte (Knight), a broke college student who gets a gig to house sit for an eccentric couple for a long weekend. She couldn’t believe how lucky she is. When darkness falls, things start to take a far more sinister turn. Charlotte is unable to shake the feeling that her every move is being watched and it is not long before her worst fears are confirmed — there is something else in the house with her… Richard Kilgour, Jill Buchanan, Samantha Schnitzler, and Bjorn Franklin star in Simon Richardson’s Summer creature feature. The Sitter arrives this June from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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‘Dogged’ Director’s Next Film ‘Nefarious’ Hits Kickstarter

Ash Mountain Films has launched their crowdfunding campaign for their second genre film Nefarious, the home invasion horror-thriller from director Richard Rowntree (Dogged). Following the success of their first feature Dogged, which will be released later this year in North America and in the UK by Left Films, the team has embarked on another ambitious feature film project, and they’re hoping for lots more support from the horror community to get it made. In the Nefarious, a home invasion goes terribly wrong leaving the protagonists fighting for their lives against a predator of monstrous proportions. The film promises to focus on themes relating to real world current issues including poverty & the class divide, mental health and sexual manipulation, and boasts a cast horror fans will be familiar with in Toby Wynn-Davies (Escape From Cannibal Farm, Dogged) and star of the hit Crypt TV short film “The Birch”, Aaron Thomas Ward. The team has promised some imaginative & gory practical

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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‘4/20 Massacre’ Coming To The Theater, VOD, And DVD This April

Suspense, smoke, and a killer are headed your way with 4/20 Massacre, starring Jamie Bernadette (interview) and Justine Wachsberger. The first-ever “stoner slasher” pits hot young stars against cinema’s next iconic monster in this horror-comedy that arrives just in time for the official holiday of weed enthusiasts. From writer-director Dylan Reynolds comes a tale of five women on a camping trip celebrating their friend’s birthday over the 4/20 weekend. When the group accidentally crosses the path of an illegal pot farm they must fight to survive a living nightmare. Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu, Killing Joan), Vanessa Rose Parker (Samurai Cop 2), Justine Wachsberger (Divergent), Stacey Danger (‘’Jean-Claude Van Johnson’’), Marissa Pistone (Raze), Jim Storm (Dark Shadows), Mark Schroeder (‘’Pretty Little Liars’’) Jim Round, Drew Talbert, and James Gregory star. “Inhale. Exhale. Scream.” 4/20 Massacre premieres on VOD and DVD on April 3, 2018, from Film Chest. You can preorder your copy now on Amazon. Or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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