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Largest Group Of Horror Icons In History Gather For ‘Death House’ – Coming To Theaters

The largest cast of genre icons ever assembled will be appearing in Harrison B. Smith‘s Death House (review), in theaters this January. Originally, the script for Death House was penned by Texas Chainsaw Massacre Actor and genre icon Gunnar Hansen. Smith rewrote the script, keeping Hansen’s vision intact. Smith also got the okay on the script from Hansen just before he passed away. In the film, Agents Toria Boon and Jae Novak have their own dark pasts, arriving at Death House to tour its levels and observe its denizens first hand as well as the medical and mental experiments of Drs. Eileen Fletcher and Karen Redmane—their depraved experiments date back to the Nazi doctors of World War II. Prison cells are virtual reality holodecks that recreate prisoner environments before they were incarcerated. A special hallucinogenic gas keeps inmates under control. The victims are homeless bused into Death House to play literal victims while killing habits are studied. The results are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 28, 2017

Trailers

Nicolas Cage And Selma Blair Get Brutal In ‘Mom And Dad’ This January

Nicolas Cage has played his share of crazy characters, but this January Cages’ insanity will be on full display in Brain Taylor’s Mom and Dad. In the film, starring Cage (Ghost Rider) and Selma Blair (Hellboy), a teenage girl and her little brother fight to survive 24 hours during a mysterious mass hysteria causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. Lance Henrickson, Anne Winters, Rachel Melvin, Olivia Crocicchia, Zackery Arthur, Bishop Stevens, and Samantha Lemole co-star. Mom and Dad will open in theaters and arrive on VOD on January 19, 2018, from Momentum Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 27, 2017

From the Crypt

‘Get Out’ Star Joins Horror-Thriller ‘The Perfection’

Get Out star Allison Williams is set to star in The Perfection from director Richard Shepard, Deadline reports. Williams joins Logan Browning of ‘Dear White People’ in the horror-thriller described as “a horror-thriller that crosses borders and boundaries” and “tells the story of two cello prodigies and a sinister obsession.” The screenplay was penned by Shepard, Nicole Snyder, and Eric Charmelo. Miramax CEO Bill Block is producing along with Shepard and Stacey Reiss. Filming is slated to begin in early 2018 and will film in both Shanghai and Vancouver.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 26, 2017

Trailers

‘Keep Watching’ On DVD This February

Sony’s Keep Watching opened in theaters for one night only on Halloween. If you missed it, you’ll be happy to learn that you will be able to bring home your copy on Blu-ray or DVD this February. In the film, “A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of “Kill or Be Killed.” As the night unfolds, the game’s mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is streaming live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING… not knowing if what they’re seeing is real or staged.” Bella Thorne (Amityville: The Awakening), Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead), Natalie Martinez (End of Watch), and Ioan Gruffudd of the Fantastic Four franchise star in the film directed by Sean Carter and written by Joseph Dembner. Keep Watching will arrive on both DVD and Digital on February 6, 2018, from Sony Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 26, 2017

Books

Official ‘Alien’ Novel Coming Out Just In Time For Alien Day 2018

The new officially licensed novel “Alien: The Cold Forge” by Alex White will be released via Titan Books just days before 2018’s Alien Day (April 26). Check out the cover art for the novel based on the franchise above (via AvP Galaxy). In the book, “With the failure of the Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat–the loss of the Aliens. Yet there’s a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place. Remote station RB-323 abruptly becomes their greatest hope for weaponizing the Xenomorph, but there’s a spy aboard–someone who doesn’t necessarily act in the company’s best interests. If discovered, this person may have no choice but to destroy RB-323… and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don’t do the job first.” Pick up your copy of “Alien: The Cold Forge” April 24, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 26, 2017

Interviews

Exclusive: Writer-Producer Chris Kobin Talks ‘Gothic Harvest’ And A Sequel To ‘2001 Maniacs’

Writer-producer Chris Kobin took some time while he was on the set of Gothic Harvest in New Orleans this week to talk with us about the upcoming film as well as his remake of ‘2000 Maniacs’, and a few of his other films. He also gave us an exclusive on his next project, which you’ll have to read to believe. Horror Fuel: “How did you get your start in the film industry?” Chris Kobin: “I came out to L.A. in ’83 after I graduated from a very good law school and had an office, didn’t want it. I wanted to be a writer. My father was in public television so I come from a TV background. I have spent the last twenty-five years between producing and writing movies and selling cars. I made a lot of money doing that. I’ve been lucky enough to raise a nice family. I started off with a TV movie career. I ran Ed Asner’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 25, 2017

Trailers

Exclusive: Sink Your Teeth Into The New Teaser For ‘Fang’

The new teaser trailer for Adam R. Steigert’s werewolf film Fang has been unleashed and we have it exclusively here for you to see. From the Press Release: A.R.S. films in association with DefTone Pictures Studios Inc has released its second official teaser trailer for Director Adam R Steigert’s FANG. After participating in a robbery turned murder, Chloe (Melodie Roehrig) and Joe (Theo Maefs) decided to hide out at a distant relative’s house only to find themselves stalked and hunted by creatures and forces unknown. Production has wrapped on the horror feature and promises a fresh new tale in the mythology of werewolf films as horror icon Melantha Blackthorne is set to play Doris, the film’s lead antagonist. Check out this exclusive look at Doris Crowley played by Melantha Blackthorne! Director Adam R Steigert (STAR [Space Traveling Alien Reject], A Grim Becoming) has been known for his unique methods of storytelling and has been promising a hardcore horror film for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 25, 2017

Trailers

A Family Gets More Than They Bargained For From ‘The Nanny’ (Trailer)

When a single mother hires a woman to her with her children she gets more than she bargained for in the horror-thriller ‘The Nanny’, director by Joel Novoa (Arrow series). The film, a “dark fantasy tale that follows a mysterious nanny put in charge of an inquisitive young girl, Noa (Jadin Harris), and her little brother, Michael (Christian Ganiere). When Noa becomes suspicious that her new nanny (Jaime Murray) could very well be an evil faerie from a dark underworld she pleads her case to anyone that will listen. As Noa seeks answers in hopes to reveal the true identity of her eerie caretaker she finds the truth is much more twisted than she could have ever imagined.” Written by Matthew Allen, Ed Dougherty, and Marcel Sarmiento, this dark film stars Jaime Murray, Nicholas Brendon, Schuyler Fisk, Nick Gomez, Jennifer Marshall, Christian Ganiere, Sandy Oian-Thomas, Elle Coventry, Marie Del Marco, Jadin Harris, and Robert Zachar.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 24, 2017

NewsTrailers

A Couple Fights To Save Their Baby In ‘Matriarch’

The trailer for Matriarch has been unveiled and reveals a couple in trouble after wrecking their car in the countryside. Written, directed, and starring Scott Vickers (River City), the film centers on Rachel, an expecting mother and her husband Matt who crash their car in the countryside and are offered shelter by a farmer and his wife. Rachel soon realizes that farmer’s children are not really his. Just a Rachel goes into labor she finds herself in chains. She will have to fight to survive and to save her baby. After all, a mother’s love knows no bounds. Charlie Blackwood (Rachel), Julie Hannan, Alan Cuthbert, Briony Monroe, Thoren Ferguson, Martin Murphy, Kris McDowall, and Cameron Fulton co-star alongside Scott Vickers who plays the role of Matt. Matriarch will arrive in theaters in 2018 following its UK release.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 24, 2017

News

A Giant Shark Stalks Jason Statham In The First Image From ‘The Meg’

The first image from Jon Turteltaub‘s (National Treasure) prehistoric shark movie The Meg has arrived via Empire. The image shows action star Jason Statham (The Expendables franchise) standing in front of what appears to be a window (underwater) with the giant Megalodon shark looking in. “I play a former navy captain and diver,” Statham tells Empire, “and I get hired to rescue a team of scientists who are trapped at the bottom of the sea in their research station by a giant shark. Then all hell breaks loose.” In the film, “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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 24, 2017

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