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Spooky Empire Announces First Round Of Guests And Events

Spooky Empire is gearing up for its annual spooktacular convention in Orlando, Florida. From April 6th through the 8th Spooky Empire will be taking over The Wyndham Orlando Resort. The three-day convention includes an array of activities, including celebrity autographs and meet and greets, photo ops, panels, live performances and the annual tattoo festival featuring more than twenty-five artists. This year, celebrity guests include: • The return of The Chiodo Brothers, the group of sibling creative forces known for movies such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space. They have also created creatures and puppets for films and TV show including Critters, Team America: World Police, Elf, Ernest Scared Stupid, Monsters, The Thundermans, The Simpsons, and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. • They will be joined by David Naughton, from American Werewolf in London and Twilight Zone. • Along with Butch Patrick best known for his role as “Eddie Munster” from The Munsters. • Director, actor, stuntman, writer, and the last living

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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George A. Romero’s Unfinshed Novel Will Be Completed By ‘Shape Of Water’ Writer

Before Master of Horror George A. Romero passed away last year he was working on a new novel about, you guessed it, zombies. Titled The Living Dead, the novel was meant to transition Romero’s zombie tales from the big screen to print. Unfortunately, he was not able to finish The Living Dead before he passed, but like his beloved zombies, the book will rise from the dead. EW is reporting that The Shape of Water writer Daniel Kraus has signed on to complete the novel which will be released in the Fall of 2019, via Tor. What’s exciting about the novel…It’s huge. It’s a massively scaled story, a real epic, the kind no one ever gave him the budget to film,” Kraus told EW. “In a book, of course, there is no budget, and in his pages you can feel his joy of being able, at last, to do every single thing he wanted.” He continued. “TThe state [of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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‘Charmed’ Series Reboot Announces First Star

The reboot of the ‘Charmed’ series has announced its first cast member, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle actor Darius Blain who will be playing Galvin, the perfect boyfriend, and an aspiring filmmaker waiting for his first big break, Deadline reports. Written by Jessica O’Toole and Amy Rardin, the revamped series centers on three sisters who discover they are witches. “Between vanquishing demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.” The original ‘Charmed’ series, created by Constance M. Burge, ran from 1998 to 2006 and has a huge following. The show starred Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty, and Brian Krause. It followed three sisters who use their witchy powers to fight evil while coping with loss, a new sister, and love. Blain’s most recent role was as Kevin Hart’s younger self, Fridge, in Sony’s blockbuster film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which has grossed over $883 million in the box office worldwide

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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We’re Returning To ‘Midnight, Texas’ For Season Two!

Just when we thought for sure that we would never visit “Midnight, Texas” again, NBC comes along and delivers the joyous news that the supernatural series will be returning for a second season. Can I get a hallelujah? François Arnaud will return along with Parisa Fitz-Henley, Dylan Bruce, Jason Lewis, Peter Mensah, Arielle Kebbel, and Sarah Ramos for the series based the books written by Charlaine Harris, the same author behind HBO’s “True Blood”. There will be a little change in the show’s lineup, Sarah Ramos and Yul Vazquez will going from series regulars to guest stars. ‘Midnight, Texas’ is set in a town that serves as a mysterious safe haven for those looking to hide from the world, and that includes supernatural beings like psychics, vampires, angels, demons, weretigers, witches, and more. There is no word yet about when season two might premiere, but as soon as we find out we’ll let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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Bigfoot And Bunnies: An Interview With ‘Primal Rage’ And ‘Bunnyman’ Star Marshal Hilton

I sat down with award-winning actor Marshal Hilton to talk about both past projects like the Bunnyman franchise, and his roles in several soon to be released films including Primal Rage, Astro. Hilton also gave us an inside look at what it’s like to star in horror films, the good, the bad, and the gooey. Horror Fuel: “How did you get your start?” Marshal Hilton: “I wish it was some grand design to tell you about, but it isn’t. I was born in Long Beach, California and raised up thirty minutes north of Los Angeles. You’re never a headshot, a script, and a friend away from a role. I had that creative thing inside of me. I’ve been in and out of Hollywood since I was a kid. It’s something I continue to work at and do and the jobs just keep coming. I’ve probably worked on seventy or eighty films. I meet a lot of people who come here,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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‘Cloverfield: Overlord’ Lands This October

The fourth film of the Cloverfield franchise, Overlord, is now set to land this October, though it’s expected to be renamed by then. During a discussion with Digital Spy, J.J. Abrams teased that the film is going to get a little crazy. To talk about what the next one is and what’s going to happen sort of feels counter-intuitive,” Abrams told the site. “Overlord … first of all it’s something that I can’t wait for you to see cause the director, Julius Avery, has done an amazing job on it. But the specifics, you know, we should wait and see.But that’s really a crazy movie,” Abrams stated. Set during World War II, Overlord, directed by Julius Avery, takes place “On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2018
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‘The Nun’ Recieves A New Release Date

Warner Bros. announced today that Corin Hardy’s The Conjuring 2 spin-off, The Nun, will be haunting theaters a little later than originally announced. First scheduled to be released this July, the date has now been changed to September 7, 2018. The Nun centers on a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania. After taking her own life, the Vatican opens an investigation. Together the investigator and a priest with a haunted past uncover the order’s unholy secret and confront a malevolent entity, the same one Ed and Lorraine Warren faced in The Conjuring 2. Taissa Farmiga, Demian Bichir, Bonnie Aarons, Charlotte Hope, Jonas Bloquet, and Ingrid Bisu star. Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams are serving as executive producers. A second spin-off for The Conjuring 2, centered on the Crooked Man character, played by Javier Botet, is currently in development

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2018
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What Keeps You Alive Set To Premiere At SXSW

It has now been announced that writer-director Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive will be making its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival as part of their Midnighter’s line up. The thriller stars Hannah Emily Anderson hot off the heels of her role in Jigsaw, along with Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Martha MacIsaac (Superbad), and Joey Klein who starred in the “12 Monkeys'” series. In the film, a female couple is pit against one another during their one-year anniversary. Austin, Texas’ SXSW will run from March 9th through March 18. You can find out more about the festival here. Check out the two new stills from What Keeps You Alive.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018
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‘John Whick’ Director Signs On For The ‘Sandman Slim’ Adaption

It appears that John Wick director Chad Stahelski is gearing up to kick-off a new franchise. The stuntman turned filmmaker has signed on to direct the film adaption of the first book of best-selling author Richard Kadrey’s nine-book fantasy series Sandman Slim, Deadline reports. Studio 8 acquired the rights last year. “Sandman Slim” is a supernatural vigilante who escapes from Hell to seek revenge for the murder of his girlfriend and the magicians responsible for getting him sent “downtown”. Kerry Williamson (What Happened to Monday) will be editing the script originally penned by Kel Symons. Patrick Walmsley of LBI Entertainment along with Julie Yorn will produce with John Lester. Studio 8’s Chis Goldberg and Rishi Rajani will oversee the film. The nine books of the series have been labeled as one Barnes and Noble’s “Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade.” The 10th book of the Sandman Slim series will be published later this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Five Night’s At Freddy’s’ Movie Finds Its Director

After lingering in development for what seems like forever, a director for the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation has been found. Blumhouse announced via Twitter that Chris Columbus will be in the director’s chair. Mr. Columbus, are you ready for Freddy? #FiveNightsatFreddys pic.twitter.com/4F7QEnw16x — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) February 12, 2018 Columbus is most well known for having a history of directing family-friendly films like Harry Potter, Mrs, Doubtfire, and Home Alone, but he is not new to the horror genre having penned the script for Gremlins. The upcoming film is based on the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game which challenges players to survive for five nights. Players are put in the role of a security guard in a pizza restaurant who must survive the possessed animatronic characters who roam the restaurant looking for their next kill. First released back in 2014, the game has had five sequels.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018

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Spooky Empire Announces First Round Of Guests And Events

Spooky Empire is gearing up for its annual spooktacular convention in Orlando, Florida. From April 6th through the 8th Spooky Empire will be taking over The Wyndham Orlando Resort. The three-day convention includes an array of activities, including celebrity autographs and meet and greets, photo ops, panels, live performances and the annual tattoo festival featuring more than twenty-five artists. This year, celebrity guests include: • The return of The Chiodo Brothers, the group of sibling creative forces known for movies such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space. They have also created creatures and puppets for films and TV show including Critters, Team America: World Police, Elf, Ernest Scared Stupid, Monsters, The Thundermans, The Simpsons, and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. • They will be joined by David Naughton, from American Werewolf in London and Twilight Zone. • Along with Butch Patrick best known for his role as “Eddie Munster” from The Munsters. • Director, actor, stuntman, writer, and the last living

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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George A. Romero’s Unfinshed Novel Will Be Completed By ‘Shape Of Water’ Writer

Before Master of Horror George A. Romero passed away last year he was working on a new novel about, you guessed it, zombies. Titled The Living Dead, the novel was meant to transition Romero’s zombie tales from the big screen to print. Unfortunately, he was not able to finish The Living Dead before he passed, but like his beloved zombies, the book will rise from the dead. EW is reporting that The Shape of Water writer Daniel Kraus has signed on to complete the novel which will be released in the Fall of 2019, via Tor. What’s exciting about the novel…It’s huge. It’s a massively scaled story, a real epic, the kind no one ever gave him the budget to film,” Kraus told EW. “In a book, of course, there is no budget, and in his pages you can feel his joy of being able, at last, to do every single thing he wanted.” He continued. “TThe state [of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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‘Charmed’ Series Reboot Announces First Star

The reboot of the ‘Charmed’ series has announced its first cast member, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle actor Darius Blain who will be playing Galvin, the perfect boyfriend, and an aspiring filmmaker waiting for his first big break, Deadline reports. Written by Jessica O’Toole and Amy Rardin, the revamped series centers on three sisters who discover they are witches. “Between vanquishing demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.” The original ‘Charmed’ series, created by Constance M. Burge, ran from 1998 to 2006 and has a huge following. The show starred Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty, and Brian Krause. It followed three sisters who use their witchy powers to fight evil while coping with loss, a new sister, and love. Blain’s most recent role was as Kevin Hart’s younger self, Fridge, in Sony’s blockbuster film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which has grossed over $883 million in the box office worldwide

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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We’re Returning To ‘Midnight, Texas’ For Season Two!

Just when we thought for sure that we would never visit “Midnight, Texas” again, NBC comes along and delivers the joyous news that the supernatural series will be returning for a second season. Can I get a hallelujah? François Arnaud will return along with Parisa Fitz-Henley, Dylan Bruce, Jason Lewis, Peter Mensah, Arielle Kebbel, and Sarah Ramos for the series based the books written by Charlaine Harris, the same author behind HBO’s “True Blood”. There will be a little change in the show’s lineup, Sarah Ramos and Yul Vazquez will going from series regulars to guest stars. ‘Midnight, Texas’ is set in a town that serves as a mysterious safe haven for those looking to hide from the world, and that includes supernatural beings like psychics, vampires, angels, demons, weretigers, witches, and more. There is no word yet about when season two might premiere, but as soon as we find out we’ll let you know.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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Bigfoot And Bunnies: An Interview With ‘Primal Rage’ And ‘Bunnyman’ Star Marshal Hilton

I sat down with award-winning actor Marshal Hilton to talk about both past projects like the Bunnyman franchise, and his roles in several soon to be released films including Primal Rage, Astro. Hilton also gave us an inside look at what it’s like to star in horror films, the good, the bad, and the gooey. Horror Fuel: “How did you get your start?” Marshal Hilton: “I wish it was some grand design to tell you about, but it isn’t. I was born in Long Beach, California and raised up thirty minutes north of Los Angeles. You’re never a headshot, a script, and a friend away from a role. I had that creative thing inside of me. I’ve been in and out of Hollywood since I was a kid. It’s something I continue to work at and do and the jobs just keep coming. I’ve probably worked on seventy or eighty films. I meet a lot of people who come here,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2018
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‘Cloverfield: Overlord’ Lands This October

The fourth film of the Cloverfield franchise, Overlord, is now set to land this October, though it’s expected to be renamed by then. During a discussion with Digital Spy, J.J. Abrams teased that the film is going to get a little crazy. To talk about what the next one is and what’s going to happen sort of feels counter-intuitive,” Abrams told the site. “Overlord … first of all it’s something that I can’t wait for you to see cause the director, Julius Avery, has done an amazing job on it. But the specifics, you know, we should wait and see.But that’s really a crazy movie,” Abrams stated. Set during World War II, Overlord, directed by Julius Avery, takes place “On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2018
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‘The Nun’ Recieves A New Release Date

Warner Bros. announced today that Corin Hardy’s The Conjuring 2 spin-off, The Nun, will be haunting theaters a little later than originally announced. First scheduled to be released this July, the date has now been changed to September 7, 2018. The Nun centers on a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania. After taking her own life, the Vatican opens an investigation. Together the investigator and a priest with a haunted past uncover the order’s unholy secret and confront a malevolent entity, the same one Ed and Lorraine Warren faced in The Conjuring 2. Taissa Farmiga, Demian Bichir, Bonnie Aarons, Charlotte Hope, Jonas Bloquet, and Ingrid Bisu star. Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams are serving as executive producers. A second spin-off for The Conjuring 2, centered on the Crooked Man character, played by Javier Botet, is currently in development

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2018
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What Keeps You Alive Set To Premiere At SXSW

It has now been announced that writer-director Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive will be making its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival as part of their Midnighter’s line up. The thriller stars Hannah Emily Anderson hot off the heels of her role in Jigsaw, along with Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Martha MacIsaac (Superbad), and Joey Klein who starred in the “12 Monkeys'” series. In the film, a female couple is pit against one another during their one-year anniversary. Austin, Texas’ SXSW will run from March 9th through March 18. You can find out more about the festival here. Check out the two new stills from What Keeps You Alive.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018
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‘John Whick’ Director Signs On For The ‘Sandman Slim’ Adaption

It appears that John Wick director Chad Stahelski is gearing up to kick-off a new franchise. The stuntman turned filmmaker has signed on to direct the film adaption of the first book of best-selling author Richard Kadrey’s nine-book fantasy series Sandman Slim, Deadline reports. Studio 8 acquired the rights last year. “Sandman Slim” is a supernatural vigilante who escapes from Hell to seek revenge for the murder of his girlfriend and the magicians responsible for getting him sent “downtown”. Kerry Williamson (What Happened to Monday) will be editing the script originally penned by Kel Symons. Patrick Walmsley of LBI Entertainment along with Julie Yorn will produce with John Lester. Studio 8’s Chis Goldberg and Rishi Rajani will oversee the film. The nine books of the series have been labeled as one Barnes and Noble’s “Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade.” The 10th book of the Sandman Slim series will be published later this year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018
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‘Five Night’s At Freddy’s’ Movie Finds Its Director

After lingering in development for what seems like forever, a director for the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation has been found. Blumhouse announced via Twitter that Chris Columbus will be in the director’s chair. Mr. Columbus, are you ready for Freddy? #FiveNightsatFreddys pic.twitter.com/4F7QEnw16x — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) February 12, 2018 Columbus is most well known for having a history of directing family-friendly films like Harry Potter, Mrs, Doubtfire, and Home Alone, but he is not new to the horror genre having penned the script for Gremlins. The upcoming film is based on the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game which challenges players to survive for five nights. Players are put in the role of a security guard in a pizza restaurant who must survive the possessed animatronic characters who roam the restaurant looking for their next kill. First released back in 2014, the game has had five sequels.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2018
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