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Johannes Roberts, the director that last year made us wonder if it’s safe to go in the water with 47 Meters Down, is now making us question if we’ll ever trust strangers again with Strangers: Prey at Night. Johannes and I sat down to discuss The Strangers: Prey At Night. He also mentioned that he found inspiration in two of the genre’s most classic films. The Strangers: Prey At Night centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive. Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, and Martin Henderson star. Emma Bellomy, Lea Enslin, Damien Maffei play the demented trio of killers. Horror Fuel: “Earlier today I re-watched ’47 Meters Down’, I really like that movie.” Johannes
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Writer-director Eric Pham’s highly anticipated film Flay has been delayed due to “unforeseen circumstance” according to today’s announcement by Phame Factory. Originally set to be released March 6, 2018, the film will now arrive on VOD later this year. Flay “hails from a filmmaker who cut his teeth working VFX work on some of Robert Rodriguez’s best-known films, including Grindhouse and Sin City.” Violett Beane (The Flash) stars alongside Phantasm actor A. Michael Baldwin, Elle LaMont (Alita: Battle Angel, Machete Kills), Dalton Gray (Lazer Team, Dumber and Dumber To), Johnny Walter, Aaron Spivey-Sorrells, Peggy Schott, Kaylee King, and Noe de la Garza. In the film, after the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit.
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From director Lucio A. Rojas (The Wicked Woods) comes Trauma, a film that blends the dark history of 1970s Chile with modern horror. In Trauma, “A boy is traumatized when he and his mother are tortured by the Nazi-like military dictatorship of Pinochet. Decades later a group of women venture into the idyllic countryside for a weekend of fun. But their outing soon turns nightmarish when a man and his son unleash their pent-up rage on them. A film which exposes the horrors of politics with the evil that can lie within the souls of ordinary men.” Catalina Martin, Macarena Carrere, Ximena del Solar, Dominga Bofill, Daniel Antivilo, and Eduardo Paxeco star. Trauma will be released later this year following its festival tour, from Artsploitation Films.
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Watch as a young woman is possessed in the trailer for writer-director Jason DeVan’s Tell Me Your Name. Sydney Sweeney, Madison Lintz, Bruce Davison, Jessica Barth, and Matt Dallas star. In the film, inspired by true events, a teenage girl (Sweeney) moves in with her aunt (Barth) in her late mom’s hometown. As she struggles to adapt to her new life, she feels her mom’s presence and tries to reach out to her mother from beyond the grave. Instead, she unwittingly invites a demon into her life and becomes possessed. Her loved ones reach out to a local reverend (Davison) to perform an exorcism in an attempt to save her soul. Jason DeVan produces along with Heather DeVan, and Dylan Matlock. Kenneth C, Dunn executive produced. Tell Me Your Name will premiere at this year’s Cinequest Film & VR Festival in Silicon Valley on March 3, 2018.
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The third season of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” is set to begin production on its third season this April. And all of our favorite characters will be back along with a few new additions. Variety is reporting that Maya Thurman-Hawke (Ladyworld, Little Women), daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, has joined the cast and is set to play the role of Robin, an “alternative girl” who is bored with her mundane day job. She wants more excitement in her life and gets more than she’s bargained for when she discovers a dark secret in Hawkins. We’ll be seeing a lot more of one of our favorite characters from last season, Priah Ferguson who plays Lucas’ scene-stealing sister, Erica, has been boosted to a series regular and will find herself, “with an army of her own friends. No longer content with sitting on the sidelines, Erica finds herself on a wild mission to save Hawkins from a dangerous new
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The 2004 U.S. version of The Grudge was a hit with genre fans and went on to spawn two sequels, but Hollywood isn’t finished with the franchise yet. We’re getting a reboot. Last summer we reported that Ghost House Pictures had snagged The Eyes of My Mother‘s Nicolas Pesce to rewrite and direct the reboot. Deadline is now reporting that casting is officially underway. Word is, “Black Mirror” actress Andrea Riseborough is circling the role of a detective and single mother. The new version of the 20o4 film, inspired by the 2002 Japan’s Ju-on, is the twelfth addition to the franchise which also includes two short films, a video game, and a graphic novel series.
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This April, Jamie Bernadette (American Satan (review), I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) is on a mission as a vengeful spirit in writer-director Todd Bartoo’s highly-anticipated film Killing Joan. Joan, 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 fantastic supporting cast that includes Teo Celigo, Erik Aude, David Carey Foster, Katarina Leigh Waters, Erin O’Brien, and Daniel Gardner, Killing Joan is the film to die for this April. Killing Joan arrives on Digital on April 4, 2018, followed by its DVD release on July 7th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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While we are excited about Brad Pitt signing on to co-star in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we are sad to report Paramount will be delaying World War Z 2 (again). Due to the fact that Tarantino’s film is set to begin production soon, the studio has no choice to postpone production of the zombie sequel until this fall. Not only to Pitt star in David Fincher’s WWZ 2, he is also serving as executive producer. Eventually, the film will get made, it’s just a matter of when. Pitt will co-star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio who has been cast as Rick Dalton, a former star of a western series. Pitt will play the role of Dalton’s longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. It’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate, the actress who was murdered along with several friends by members of the Manson family.
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After years of false starts and cancelations, love it or hate it, The Crow reboot is coming. In fact, it has just received a theatrical release date was revealed by Sony yesterday during a briefing. Starring Aquaman Jason Momoa, who has been teasing his involvement for months, the film titled The Crow: Reborn is set to open in theaters in next year. Corin Hardy will be in the director’s chair for the movie written by Nick Cave, which is based on the 1989 comic book series by James O’Barr. Momoa will star as Eric Draven, the role originally played by Brandon Lee, a musician who returns from the dead to seek revenge on the gang who murdered him and his finacé. The Crow: Reborn will open in theaters nationwide on October 11, 2019, just in time for Halloween.
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Jackson Robert Scott, the kid who played Georgia in Stephen King’s It, has joined the cast of Orion Picture’s Descendant. Inspired by films like The Omen, the Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact, At the Devil’s Dorr) is directing movie written by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train), THR reports. The film centers on a young mother who, concerned about her 8-year-old son’s disturbing behavior, thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. Production is set to kick off this month in Toronto. Daniel Bekerman, Lisa Zambri, Nick Spicer, and Buhler are executive producing the film.
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Johannes Roberts, the director that last year made us wonder if it’s safe to go in the water with 47 Meters Down, is now making us question if we’ll ever trust strangers again with Strangers: Prey at Night. Johannes and I sat down to discuss The Strangers: Prey At Night. He also mentioned that he found inspiration in two of the genre’s most classic films. The Strangers: Prey At Night centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive. Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, and Martin Henderson star. Emma Bellomy, Lea Enslin, Damien Maffei play the demented trio of killers. Horror Fuel: “Earlier today I re-watched ’47 Meters Down’, I really like that movie.” Johannes
Continue reading →
NewsTrailers
Writer-director Eric Pham’s highly anticipated film Flay has been delayed due to “unforeseen circumstance” according to today’s announcement by Phame Factory. Originally set to be released March 6, 2018, the film will now arrive on VOD later this year. Flay “hails from a filmmaker who cut his teeth working VFX work on some of Robert Rodriguez’s best-known films, including Grindhouse and Sin City.” Violett Beane (The Flash) stars alongside Phantasm actor A. Michael Baldwin, Elle LaMont (Alita: Battle Angel, Machete Kills), Dalton Gray (Lazer Team, Dumber and Dumber To), Johnny Walter, Aaron Spivey-Sorrells, Peggy Schott, Kaylee King, and Noe de la Garza. In the film, after the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit.
Continue reading →
Trailers
From director Lucio A. Rojas (The Wicked Woods) comes Trauma, a film that blends the dark history of 1970s Chile with modern horror. In Trauma, “A boy is traumatized when he and his mother are tortured by the Nazi-like military dictatorship of Pinochet. Decades later a group of women venture into the idyllic countryside for a weekend of fun. But their outing soon turns nightmarish when a man and his son unleash their pent-up rage on them. A film which exposes the horrors of politics with the evil that can lie within the souls of ordinary men.” Catalina Martin, Macarena Carrere, Ximena del Solar, Dominga Bofill, Daniel Antivilo, and Eduardo Paxeco star. Trauma will be released later this year following its festival tour, from Artsploitation Films.
Continue reading →
Film FestivalsTrailers
Watch as a young woman is possessed in the trailer for writer-director Jason DeVan’s Tell Me Your Name. Sydney Sweeney, Madison Lintz, Bruce Davison, Jessica Barth, and Matt Dallas star. In the film, inspired by true events, a teenage girl (Sweeney) moves in with her aunt (Barth) in her late mom’s hometown. As she struggles to adapt to her new life, she feels her mom’s presence and tries to reach out to her mother from beyond the grave. Instead, she unwittingly invites a demon into her life and becomes possessed. Her loved ones reach out to a local reverend (Davison) to perform an exorcism in an attempt to save her soul. Jason DeVan produces along with Heather DeVan, and Dylan Matlock. Kenneth C, Dunn executive produced. Tell Me Your Name will premiere at this year’s Cinequest Film & VR Festival in Silicon Valley on March 3, 2018.
Continue reading →
NetflixStreaming TV
The third season of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” is set to begin production on its third season this April. And all of our favorite characters will be back along with a few new additions. Variety is reporting that Maya Thurman-Hawke (Ladyworld, Little Women), daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, has joined the cast and is set to play the role of Robin, an “alternative girl” who is bored with her mundane day job. She wants more excitement in her life and gets more than she’s bargained for when she discovers a dark secret in Hawkins. We’ll be seeing a lot more of one of our favorite characters from last season, Priah Ferguson who plays Lucas’ scene-stealing sister, Erica, has been boosted to a series regular and will find herself, “with an army of her own friends. No longer content with sitting on the sidelines, Erica finds herself on a wild mission to save Hawkins from a dangerous new
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
The 2004 U.S. version of The Grudge was a hit with genre fans and went on to spawn two sequels, but Hollywood isn’t finished with the franchise yet. We’re getting a reboot. Last summer we reported that Ghost House Pictures had snagged The Eyes of My Mother‘s Nicolas Pesce to rewrite and direct the reboot. Deadline is now reporting that casting is officially underway. Word is, “Black Mirror” actress Andrea Riseborough is circling the role of a detective and single mother. The new version of the 20o4 film, inspired by the 2002 Japan’s Ju-on, is the twelfth addition to the franchise which also includes two short films, a video game, and a graphic novel series.
Continue reading →
Trailers
This April, Jamie Bernadette (American Satan (review), I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) is on a mission as a vengeful spirit in writer-director Todd Bartoo’s highly-anticipated film Killing Joan. Joan, 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 fantastic supporting cast that includes Teo Celigo, Erik Aude, David Carey Foster, Katarina Leigh Waters, Erin O’Brien, and Daniel Gardner, Killing Joan is the film to die for this April. Killing Joan arrives on Digital on April 4, 2018, followed by its DVD release on July 7th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
While we are excited about Brad Pitt signing on to co-star in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we are sad to report Paramount will be delaying World War Z 2 (again). Due to the fact that Tarantino’s film is set to begin production soon, the studio has no choice to postpone production of the zombie sequel until this fall. Not only to Pitt star in David Fincher’s WWZ 2, he is also serving as executive producer. Eventually, the film will get made, it’s just a matter of when. Pitt will co-star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio who has been cast as Rick Dalton, a former star of a western series. Pitt will play the role of Dalton’s longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. It’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate, the actress who was murdered along with several friends by members of the Manson family.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
After years of false starts and cancelations, love it or hate it, The Crow reboot is coming. In fact, it has just received a theatrical release date was revealed by Sony yesterday during a briefing. Starring Aquaman Jason Momoa, who has been teasing his involvement for months, the film titled The Crow: Reborn is set to open in theaters in next year. Corin Hardy will be in the director’s chair for the movie written by Nick Cave, which is based on the 1989 comic book series by James O’Barr. Momoa will star as Eric Draven, the role originally played by Brandon Lee, a musician who returns from the dead to seek revenge on the gang who murdered him and his finacé. The Crow: Reborn will open in theaters nationwide on October 11, 2019, just in time for Halloween.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Jackson Robert Scott, the kid who played Georgia in Stephen King’s It, has joined the cast of Orion Picture’s Descendant. Inspired by films like The Omen, the Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact, At the Devil’s Dorr) is directing movie written by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train), THR reports. The film centers on a young mother who, concerned about her 8-year-old son’s disturbing behavior, thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. Production is set to kick off this month in Toronto. Daniel Bekerman, Lisa Zambri, Nick Spicer, and Buhler are executive producing the film.
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