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Metallica Frontman To Star Opposite Zac Effron In Ted Bundy Film

Joe Berlinger’s Ted Bundy biopic, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, is boasting a seriously impressive cast including Jim Parsons (The Big Band Theory), actress Lily Collins (The Dig), Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich, Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Hayle Joel Osment (Future Man), Jefferey Donovan (Burn Notice), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Terry Kinney (Billions), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Today, news has come in that Metallica frontman James Hetfield has joined the cast and will star opposite of Zac Effron who is playing Ted Bundy, MetalInjection.com reports. Hetfield has signed on to play the role of Officer Bob Hayward, the Utah highway patrol officer who first arrested the serial killer back in 1975, as his first film role. Director Joe Berlinger also co-directed the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile will center on Bundy, who confessed to killing 30 women after his arrest. Collins is set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Music Video For ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Unveiled Ahead Of Its March Film Release

Ahead of March’s digital and DVD release of the genre film Hell’s Kitty, the filmmakers have produced an exciting music video for the original song “Chainsaw Kitty”. The “Chainsaw Kitty” music video was meant to “reflect the often schizschizophrenic personality movie’s central antagonist – a supernatural, loving, but possessive cat named Angel.” The song is currently available on Amazon and Spotify; soon to be available on iTunes. The music video contains clips from the film and is available to watch here now. Hell’s Kitty centers on a Hollywood writer who tries to find love in L.A. with a possessed and possessive pussycat named Angel and features several horror icons. Guest stars include: Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing), Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Courtney Gains (The Children of the Corn), Barbara Nedelkajova (Hostel), and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes); and costume work by Charles

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Plot Details For Stephen King’s ‘Elevation’ And ‘The Outsider’

As adaptions of Master of Horror Stephen King, continue to be adapted for both film and TV, he is set to release not one, but two new books this year. The first novel we’ll see on shelves is The Outsider, scheduled for release on May 22. The story involves “An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park.” The next story is a 144-page novella titled Elevation, which is set in King’s fictional town of Castle Rock. The tale is described as “a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together—a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.” The plot goes like this: “Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Two Filmmakers Are Pulled Into A Real World Filled With Horrors In ‘Fake Blood’

Two filmmakers receive a disturbing fan film that introduces them to a real world filled with horrors in Rob Grant’s indie horror film Fake Blood. In the film, Rob Grant and Mike Kovac receive a disturbing fan video inspired by their previous horror movie Mon Ami, motivating them to investigate the responsibility of filmmakers in portraying violence in movies. In their pursuit of the truth, they are unwittingly introduced to the real world of violent criminals and their victims. Chelsey Reist, Mike Kovac, Jacqueline Breakwell, Rob Grant, Camden Filtness, Ryan McNeill Bolton, Nathaniel Moher, Len Harvey, Theo Francon, Tracy Varju, Scott Wallis, and Jez Bonham star. Fake Blood is currently playing in theaters and is available on VOD, from Level Film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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‘Still/Born’s’ International Traller Delivers More Terrifying Footage

This weekend, Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born opened in theaters and arrived on VOD platforms, via Vertical Entertainment. While the trailer was released a while back, the international trailer has just arrived and delivers more terrifying footage. In the film, “Mary, a new mother gives birth to two twins, but only one of them is alive. While taking care of her remaining child, Adam, she suspects that something, a supernatural entity, has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.” Christie Burke (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Jesse Moss (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil), Rebecca Olson (Kindergarten Cop 2), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers) star in this dark tale.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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AMC’s New Promo For ‘The Terror’ Is Filled With Screams

AMC has just unveiled a new promo filled with screams for Ridley Scott’s new series “The Terror”, starring Jared Harris (The Crown) and Tobias Menzies (Outlander). Set in 1847, a Royal Naval expedition is searching for the Northwest Passage and are attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and hunts the crews. The men are locked in a desperate fight for survival in this inspired by a true story series. Ciarán Hinds (Justice League) as Sir John Franklin; Paul Ready (Cuffs) as Dr. Henry Goodsir; Adam Nagaitis (Suffragette) as Cornelius Hickey Nive Nielsen (The New World) as Lady Silence; Ian Hart (Neverland) as Thomas Blanky; and Trystan Gravelle (Mr. Selfridge) as Henry Collins. Based on Dan Simmons’ novel, the 10-episode series is executive produced by Scott, David W. Zuker, Alexandra Milchan, Guymon Casady, and Scott Lambert, Scott Free, Emajag Productions, Entertainment 360, and AMC Studios produce. Tune in to AMC on March 26, 2018, from the series premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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 Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies Coming To DVD

Get ready, the south is about to be overrun with the undead in Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies (aka Kuzu Zombies) from director Mark Newton (City of Darkness). In the film, the kudzu-covered hills of Charleston, Mississippi, notable as Morgan Freeman’s hometown, are ground zero for GloboBioTech testing of their experimental herbicide Quadoxin, which goes horribly wrong. Lonnie, a crop duster pilot, must lead a mismatched group of survivors to escape the deadly zombie horde after the Quadoxin transforms the citizens of the small town into zombies. The film stars Timothy Haug (Malady), Moses J. Moseley (The Walking Dead), Wyntergrace Williams (This Just In), Megan Few (Demons), Escalante Lundy (Django Unchained), Miles Doleac (The Hollow) Kaitlin Mesh (Homeland), and Clay Acker (Whacksaw Fridge), with Zombie Makeup & SFX by Jonathan Thornton. Christian Hokenson penned the script.Daniel Wood, p.g.a., Mark Newton, Juri Koll, and Per Ericson produced, with Stephan Stromer co-producing. Los Angeles zombie fans will have an opportunity to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Chucky’s Back For New Television Series

Who doesn’t love that psychotic, red-headed, possessed doll, Chucky? Well, the word is we are about to get a lot more of him. As the 30th anniversary of Child’s Play approaches, Comingsoon.com is reporting that franchise creator Don Mancini is bringing Chucky to the small screen for a new series. Mancini said during an interview that he and producer David Kirschner are currently developing a Child’s Play television series that will pick up where the last film left off. He also promised that the series will be “dark and disturbing”. Brad Dourif, the long-time voice of our favorite Good Guy doll turned bad boy, is on board. The eight-episode hour-long series will not be a reboot (thank God), it will be a continuation of Chuck’s story. In the final moments of the last film, Cult of Chucky, Chucky possessed the body of Nica Pierce, played by Fiona Dourif, and escaped the mental institution. She was picked up by Chucky’s long-time

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Terror Awaits ‘Beyond The Woods’

Hell is waiting for you…BEYOND THE WOODS Seán Breathnach makes his directorial debut with the award-winning supernatural indie thriller Beyond the Woods. Shot on location in Ireland, Beyond the Woods echoes the creepy supernatural horror of recent Irish genre hits The Hallow andThe Canal, with its eerie and grisly tale of an unknown evil. In the film, “Seven friends meet up in the Irish countryside for a secluded weekend getaway but unfortunately for them, a fiery sinkhole has opened up in the mountains nearby. It’s burning hot, spewing out sulfur and casting a hellish stench over the local area. Determined to make the most of the weekend, the group decide not to let the noxious atmosphere get to them…but it’s getting worse. Soon the troubling hallucinations begin as an ancient evil starts to take hold. What malevolent force has crawled from the sinkhole and will any of them survive the weekend?” John Ryan Howard, Claire Loy, Ross Mac Mahon, Irene

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Doug Jones Joins FX’s Pilot For ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Spin-Off Series

We were ecstatic to report last month that the ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ spin-off series had been given the green light. Today, we have an update, the FX’s series has added four new names to the cast of the show’s pilot including the incredibly talented Shape of Water actor Doug Jones! Jones, who also stars in the upcoming film Hell’s Kitty, ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and played the Abe Sapien in Hellboy, is joined by Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird), Jake McDorman (Lady Bird), and Mark Proksch (‘Better Call Saul’). The previously announced cast includes Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, and Harvey Guillen. The writers, directors, and stars of the original film, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, will be serving as executive producers for the half-hour series. Waititi will be directing with Clement writing the scripts. Other details of the series are being kept hush-hush at this point, but we will keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2018

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Metallica Frontman To Star Opposite Zac Effron In Ted Bundy Film

Joe Berlinger’s Ted Bundy biopic, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, is boasting a seriously impressive cast including Jim Parsons (The Big Band Theory), actress Lily Collins (The Dig), Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich, Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Hayle Joel Osment (Future Man), Jefferey Donovan (Burn Notice), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Terry Kinney (Billions), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Today, news has come in that Metallica frontman James Hetfield has joined the cast and will star opposite of Zac Effron who is playing Ted Bundy, MetalInjection.com reports. Hetfield has signed on to play the role of Officer Bob Hayward, the Utah highway patrol officer who first arrested the serial killer back in 1975, as his first film role. Director Joe Berlinger also co-directed the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile will center on Bundy, who confessed to killing 30 women after his arrest. Collins is set to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Music Video For ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Unveiled Ahead Of Its March Film Release

Ahead of March’s digital and DVD release of the genre film Hell’s Kitty, the filmmakers have produced an exciting music video for the original song “Chainsaw Kitty”. The “Chainsaw Kitty” music video was meant to “reflect the often schizschizophrenic personality movie’s central antagonist – a supernatural, loving, but possessive cat named Angel.” The song is currently available on Amazon and Spotify; soon to be available on iTunes. The music video contains clips from the film and is available to watch here now. Hell’s Kitty centers on a Hollywood writer who tries to find love in L.A. with a possessed and possessive pussycat named Angel and features several horror icons. Guest stars include: Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing), Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Courtney Gains (The Children of the Corn), Barbara Nedelkajova (Hostel), and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes); and costume work by Charles

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Plot Details For Stephen King’s ‘Elevation’ And ‘The Outsider’

As adaptions of Master of Horror Stephen King, continue to be adapted for both film and TV, he is set to release not one, but two new books this year. The first novel we’ll see on shelves is The Outsider, scheduled for release on May 22. The story involves “An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park.” The next story is a 144-page novella titled Elevation, which is set in King’s fictional town of Castle Rock. The tale is described as “a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together—a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.” The plot goes like this: “Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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Two Filmmakers Are Pulled Into A Real World Filled With Horrors In ‘Fake Blood’

Two filmmakers receive a disturbing fan film that introduces them to a real world filled with horrors in Rob Grant’s indie horror film Fake Blood. In the film, Rob Grant and Mike Kovac receive a disturbing fan video inspired by their previous horror movie Mon Ami, motivating them to investigate the responsibility of filmmakers in portraying violence in movies. In their pursuit of the truth, they are unwittingly introduced to the real world of violent criminals and their victims. Chelsey Reist, Mike Kovac, Jacqueline Breakwell, Rob Grant, Camden Filtness, Ryan McNeill Bolton, Nathaniel Moher, Len Harvey, Theo Francon, Tracy Varju, Scott Wallis, and Jez Bonham star. Fake Blood is currently playing in theaters and is available on VOD, from Level Film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2018
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‘Still/Born’s’ International Traller Delivers More Terrifying Footage

This weekend, Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born opened in theaters and arrived on VOD platforms, via Vertical Entertainment. While the trailer was released a while back, the international trailer has just arrived and delivers more terrifying footage. In the film, “Mary, a new mother gives birth to two twins, but only one of them is alive. While taking care of her remaining child, Adam, she suspects that something, a supernatural entity, has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.” Christie Burke (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Jesse Moss (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil), Rebecca Olson (Kindergarten Cop 2), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers) star in this dark tale.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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AMC’s New Promo For ‘The Terror’ Is Filled With Screams

AMC has just unveiled a new promo filled with screams for Ridley Scott’s new series “The Terror”, starring Jared Harris (The Crown) and Tobias Menzies (Outlander). Set in 1847, a Royal Naval expedition is searching for the Northwest Passage and are attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and hunts the crews. The men are locked in a desperate fight for survival in this inspired by a true story series. Ciarán Hinds (Justice League) as Sir John Franklin; Paul Ready (Cuffs) as Dr. Henry Goodsir; Adam Nagaitis (Suffragette) as Cornelius Hickey Nive Nielsen (The New World) as Lady Silence; Ian Hart (Neverland) as Thomas Blanky; and Trystan Gravelle (Mr. Selfridge) as Henry Collins. Based on Dan Simmons’ novel, the 10-episode series is executive produced by Scott, David W. Zuker, Alexandra Milchan, Guymon Casady, and Scott Lambert, Scott Free, Emajag Productions, Entertainment 360, and AMC Studios produce. Tune in to AMC on March 26, 2018, from the series premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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 Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies Coming To DVD

Get ready, the south is about to be overrun with the undead in Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies (aka Kuzu Zombies) from director Mark Newton (City of Darkness). In the film, the kudzu-covered hills of Charleston, Mississippi, notable as Morgan Freeman’s hometown, are ground zero for GloboBioTech testing of their experimental herbicide Quadoxin, which goes horribly wrong. Lonnie, a crop duster pilot, must lead a mismatched group of survivors to escape the deadly zombie horde after the Quadoxin transforms the citizens of the small town into zombies. The film stars Timothy Haug (Malady), Moses J. Moseley (The Walking Dead), Wyntergrace Williams (This Just In), Megan Few (Demons), Escalante Lundy (Django Unchained), Miles Doleac (The Hollow) Kaitlin Mesh (Homeland), and Clay Acker (Whacksaw Fridge), with Zombie Makeup & SFX by Jonathan Thornton. Christian Hokenson penned the script.Daniel Wood, p.g.a., Mark Newton, Juri Koll, and Per Ericson produced, with Stephan Stromer co-producing. Los Angeles zombie fans will have an opportunity to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Chucky’s Back For New Television Series

Who doesn’t love that psychotic, red-headed, possessed doll, Chucky? Well, the word is we are about to get a lot more of him. As the 30th anniversary of Child’s Play approaches, Comingsoon.com is reporting that franchise creator Don Mancini is bringing Chucky to the small screen for a new series. Mancini said during an interview that he and producer David Kirschner are currently developing a Child’s Play television series that will pick up where the last film left off. He also promised that the series will be “dark and disturbing”. Brad Dourif, the long-time voice of our favorite Good Guy doll turned bad boy, is on board. The eight-episode hour-long series will not be a reboot (thank God), it will be a continuation of Chuck’s story. In the final moments of the last film, Cult of Chucky, Chucky possessed the body of Nica Pierce, played by Fiona Dourif, and escaped the mental institution. She was picked up by Chucky’s long-time

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Terror Awaits ‘Beyond The Woods’

Hell is waiting for you…BEYOND THE WOODS Seán Breathnach makes his directorial debut with the award-winning supernatural indie thriller Beyond the Woods. Shot on location in Ireland, Beyond the Woods echoes the creepy supernatural horror of recent Irish genre hits The Hallow andThe Canal, with its eerie and grisly tale of an unknown evil. In the film, “Seven friends meet up in the Irish countryside for a secluded weekend getaway but unfortunately for them, a fiery sinkhole has opened up in the mountains nearby. It’s burning hot, spewing out sulfur and casting a hellish stench over the local area. Determined to make the most of the weekend, the group decide not to let the noxious atmosphere get to them…but it’s getting worse. Soon the troubling hallucinations begin as an ancient evil starts to take hold. What malevolent force has crawled from the sinkhole and will any of them survive the weekend?” John Ryan Howard, Claire Loy, Ross Mac Mahon, Irene

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2018
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Doug Jones Joins FX’s Pilot For ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Spin-Off Series

We were ecstatic to report last month that the ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ spin-off series had been given the green light. Today, we have an update, the FX’s series has added four new names to the cast of the show’s pilot including the incredibly talented Shape of Water actor Doug Jones! Jones, who also stars in the upcoming film Hell’s Kitty, ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and played the Abe Sapien in Hellboy, is joined by Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird), Jake McDorman (Lady Bird), and Mark Proksch (‘Better Call Saul’). The previously announced cast includes Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, and Harvey Guillen. The writers, directors, and stars of the original film, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, will be serving as executive producers for the half-hour series. Waititi will be directing with Clement writing the scripts. Other details of the series are being kept hush-hush at this point, but we will keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2018
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