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Brutal New NSFW Trailer Is Here For ‘Playing With Dolls’ – Now On VOD

The brutal NSFW trailer is here for Playing With Dolls: Havoc, the third film from writer-director Rene Perez’s horror film series. From the Press Release: Redding, California (Thursday, July 20th) – Playing with Dolls: Havoc is the third film in this horrifying series. A slasher film, Playing with Dolls: Havoc was developed by director Rene Perez and production house Von Metz Entertainment. The third film find’s serial killer and psychopath Havoc escaping from his prison. This time, he targets his jailers and the local residents of an isolated wood. The film will be available through Video-on-demand this Thursday, July 20th. Perez is revitalizing the slasher genre. With brutal kills and the feminine figure, Playing with Dolls: Havoc brings back some of the best elements of this horror sub-genre. Fans of slashers can see this latest film, on 4K Ultra, via Amazon and Vimeo. The release begins this week, with more release details, for Playing with Dolls: Havoc, below. Official synopsis:

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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The ‘Jigsaw’ Trailer Is Here And It Is Everything We Had Hoped For

The trailer for the eighth film in the Saw franchise, Jigsaw, is finally here and it is insane. Jigsaw looks to me the most intense film of the franchise since the original film was release in 2004. In the film, bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man, John Kramer (Tobin Bell), the man known as Jigsaw. The problem is, Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade. The duo of Michael and Peter Spierig will be in the director’s chairs for the film penned by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger. The Spierigs are also behind the upcoming genre films Winchester and The Dark Crystal sequel. Mandela Van Peebles, Hannah Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Callum Keith Rennie, Brittany Allen, Hannah Anderson, Matt Passmore, Josiah Black, Michael Bolsvert, Shaquan Lewis, and James Gomez will co-star in the film guaranteed to be as gruesome as its predecessors. Mark

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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Get Out Director Jordan Peele’s Next Social Thriller Gets A Release date

Get Out is one of the best films of the year and writer-director Jordan Peele doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, even though he and his wife, actress Chelsea Peretti, welcomed their son into the world on July 1st. A few months ago Peele signed a deal with Universal to make more of his social thriller film series and other projects. It’s no surprise that his next film, still unnamed, has already entered development. While no plot details have been released or cast announced, the film already has a release date, according to Movie Insider. The film, which has a budget that is five times larger than Get Out, is set to arrive in theaters on Friday, March 15, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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Sleepy Hollow’s Fourth And Final Season Arriving On DVD And Special Box Set

The fourth and final season of the supernatural series ‘Sleepy Hollow’ will arrive on DVD this September along with a special collector’s edition box set featuring all for four seasons. In the series, following a 250-year slumber, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) devotes his life and knowledge of the supernatural to defeating the demonic forces that plague present-day Sleepy Hollow. But, after the climactic events of Season Three — and the death of his partner and fellow Witness, Abbie Mills — Crane’s world is turned upside down. He is then led out of town by a mysterious group promising to put him in charge of an evil-fighting organization created hundreds of years ago by none other than, George Washington. Crane now finds himself in an all-new city working with all-new allies as he embarks on his most important mission yet to save Washington, D.C., from otherworldly threats that promise harm not only to the United States and its people, but to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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A Brutal Series Of Film Related Robberies Are Plaguing California

When an area becomes a popular place to film it can attract two types of surges, the good, with things like an increase in tourism or, the bad, with an increase crime. Recently, there has been a lot of the later in southern California. Over the past two years there has been a huge jump in crime targeting film crews and it’s something we all need to talk about. At 8 am on Sunday, July 16th, 71 year-old Ed French, a well known fixture in commercial production, was scouting locations for a commercial at the Twin Peaks Overlook in San Francisco. What started out as a beautiful morning quickly turned into a nightmare. French was approached by an African American man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and a woman in her late teens. The two strangers shot French and took his camera and equipment before fleeing the area in a dark gray Honda Accord, a witness reported to police. This has happened

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Is ‘The Shape Of Water’ Connected To ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’?

The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has arrived, revealing a monster that looks very familiar. In the film, co-written by Vanessa Taylor, an other-worldly fairy tale, is set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. I can’t help but wonder if it is actually a branch-off about the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not only does the creature look like the iconic Universal monster, it is being described the same way. One example, Michael Shannon’s character “Strickland”, while talking to another character about the creature states, “…the natives in the Amazon worshiped it like a god.” Sound familiar? In the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, a team of scientists in the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Christmas Comes Early This Year – First Batch Of Images Gifted For ‘Red Christmas’

Artsploitation delivers Christmas early this year and gifts us with a batch of new images from Craig Anderson’s holiday horror film Red Christmas, starring genre icon Dee Wallace. From the Press Release: Philadelphia, PA – Artsploitation has released the first images for their upcoming release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas. Genre icon Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, E.T., Cujo, Critters) stars as the stressed-out mother of a squabbling family, gathered together in a remote Outback estate on Christmas Eve. Their petty dramas threaten to blacken the holiday until a mysterious and deformed stranger appears at the door seeking bloody vengeance. Veteran television director and actor Craig Anderson makes his feature debut with Red Christmas, combining the banal horror of family gatherings with the issues of abortion, feminism, ethics, religion and privacy, with a blood-splattered twist on what happens when secrets refuse to stay dead. Dee Wallace headlines as Diane, a matriarch presiding over the gathering

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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There Is No ‘Safe Place’ In This Film’s Trailer

The first trailer for the twisted thriller Safe Place has arrived. Nick Hunt is making his directorial debut with Safe Place, co-written by Hunt, Preston Fassel and Pennie Sublime. Produced by Johnny Macabre (Crepitus), the film centers on a group of friends who “have their whole lives ahead of them. Or so they think -When art student Lori Hughes sells a piece at her first show, it seems to be the beginning of a promising career. Better still, the purchaser, Chris Craven, is a wealthy eccentric who invites Lori and her friends back to his rustic lodge for a night of celebration and planning for the future. Unbeknownst to the friends, Chris’ homey façade hides an inner torment-a rage against the world following a senseless tragedy that forever altered him. As the evening wears on and memories of the past begin to consume him, Chris resolves to spare Lori and her friends the same suffering that he’s endured in his

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Australian Sci-fi Invasion Film ‘1’ Begins Filming

Writer-director Robert Braiden’s new sci-fi thriller 1 has now begun production. Filming in South-East Queensland, 1 follows the last man earth searching for redemption during an alien invasion. From the Press Release: A new sci–fi thriller starring rising young star Dan Ewing begins filming in Australia this week. “1” from Truant Productions, will tell of the last man on Earth as he undertakes a long, perilous journey in search of redemption while trying to stay one step ahead of a malevolent alien invasion. The film, from writer-director Robert Braiden, will shoot in South East Queensland – which previously played host to fellow science-fiction films and series Terra Nova, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderand Thor : Ragnarok. Reckless car hooner Darren (Dan Ewing, TVs “Home & Away”) lives for the thrill of high-speed highway racing and burnouts. His life is going nowhere fast while his adoring girlfriend Misha dreams of them settling down and for Darren

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Michael Bay And Jason Blum To Produce ‘The Purge 4’

It has become a tradition that a new film for The Purge franchise arrives in theaters every Independence Day. Next year will be no different. The fourth film of the franchise has now entered development with James DeManaco once again writing the script. Part 4 will be a little different from the previous films, the still unnamed movie will be a prequel. After three films we will finally learn exactly how it all began. While the cast has yet to be announced, we do know that Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and Sebastian Lemercier will be producing. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. We’ll keep you posted as this film develops alongside the new Purge television series.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 18, 2017

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Brutal New NSFW Trailer Is Here For ‘Playing With Dolls’ – Now On VOD

The brutal NSFW trailer is here for Playing With Dolls: Havoc, the third film from writer-director Rene Perez’s horror film series. From the Press Release: Redding, California (Thursday, July 20th) – Playing with Dolls: Havoc is the third film in this horrifying series. A slasher film, Playing with Dolls: Havoc was developed by director Rene Perez and production house Von Metz Entertainment. The third film find’s serial killer and psychopath Havoc escaping from his prison. This time, he targets his jailers and the local residents of an isolated wood. The film will be available through Video-on-demand this Thursday, July 20th. Perez is revitalizing the slasher genre. With brutal kills and the feminine figure, Playing with Dolls: Havoc brings back some of the best elements of this horror sub-genre. Fans of slashers can see this latest film, on 4K Ultra, via Amazon and Vimeo. The release begins this week, with more release details, for Playing with Dolls: Havoc, below. Official synopsis:

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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The ‘Jigsaw’ Trailer Is Here And It Is Everything We Had Hoped For

The trailer for the eighth film in the Saw franchise, Jigsaw, is finally here and it is insane. Jigsaw looks to me the most intense film of the franchise since the original film was release in 2004. In the film, bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man, John Kramer (Tobin Bell), the man known as Jigsaw. The problem is, Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade. The duo of Michael and Peter Spierig will be in the director’s chairs for the film penned by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger. The Spierigs are also behind the upcoming genre films Winchester and The Dark Crystal sequel. Mandela Van Peebles, Hannah Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Callum Keith Rennie, Brittany Allen, Hannah Anderson, Matt Passmore, Josiah Black, Michael Bolsvert, Shaquan Lewis, and James Gomez will co-star in the film guaranteed to be as gruesome as its predecessors. Mark

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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Get Out Director Jordan Peele’s Next Social Thriller Gets A Release date

Get Out is one of the best films of the year and writer-director Jordan Peele doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, even though he and his wife, actress Chelsea Peretti, welcomed their son into the world on July 1st. A few months ago Peele signed a deal with Universal to make more of his social thriller film series and other projects. It’s no surprise that his next film, still unnamed, has already entered development. While no plot details have been released or cast announced, the film already has a release date, according to Movie Insider. The film, which has a budget that is five times larger than Get Out, is set to arrive in theaters on Friday, March 15, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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Sleepy Hollow’s Fourth And Final Season Arriving On DVD And Special Box Set

The fourth and final season of the supernatural series ‘Sleepy Hollow’ will arrive on DVD this September along with a special collector’s edition box set featuring all for four seasons. In the series, following a 250-year slumber, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) devotes his life and knowledge of the supernatural to defeating the demonic forces that plague present-day Sleepy Hollow. But, after the climactic events of Season Three — and the death of his partner and fellow Witness, Abbie Mills — Crane’s world is turned upside down. He is then led out of town by a mysterious group promising to put him in charge of an evil-fighting organization created hundreds of years ago by none other than, George Washington. Crane now finds himself in an all-new city working with all-new allies as he embarks on his most important mission yet to save Washington, D.C., from otherworldly threats that promise harm not only to the United States and its people, but to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2017
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A Brutal Series Of Film Related Robberies Are Plaguing California

When an area becomes a popular place to film it can attract two types of surges, the good, with things like an increase in tourism or, the bad, with an increase crime. Recently, there has been a lot of the later in southern California. Over the past two years there has been a huge jump in crime targeting film crews and it’s something we all need to talk about. At 8 am on Sunday, July 16th, 71 year-old Ed French, a well known fixture in commercial production, was scouting locations for a commercial at the Twin Peaks Overlook in San Francisco. What started out as a beautiful morning quickly turned into a nightmare. French was approached by an African American man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and a woman in her late teens. The two strangers shot French and took his camera and equipment before fleeing the area in a dark gray Honda Accord, a witness reported to police. This has happened

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Is ‘The Shape Of Water’ Connected To ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’?

The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has arrived, revealing a monster that looks very familiar. In the film, co-written by Vanessa Taylor, an other-worldly fairy tale, is set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. I can’t help but wonder if it is actually a branch-off about the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not only does the creature look like the iconic Universal monster, it is being described the same way. One example, Michael Shannon’s character “Strickland”, while talking to another character about the creature states, “…the natives in the Amazon worshiped it like a god.” Sound familiar? In the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, a team of scientists in the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Christmas Comes Early This Year – First Batch Of Images Gifted For ‘Red Christmas’

Artsploitation delivers Christmas early this year and gifts us with a batch of new images from Craig Anderson’s holiday horror film Red Christmas, starring genre icon Dee Wallace. From the Press Release: Philadelphia, PA – Artsploitation has released the first images for their upcoming release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas. Genre icon Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, E.T., Cujo, Critters) stars as the stressed-out mother of a squabbling family, gathered together in a remote Outback estate on Christmas Eve. Their petty dramas threaten to blacken the holiday until a mysterious and deformed stranger appears at the door seeking bloody vengeance. Veteran television director and actor Craig Anderson makes his feature debut with Red Christmas, combining the banal horror of family gatherings with the issues of abortion, feminism, ethics, religion and privacy, with a blood-splattered twist on what happens when secrets refuse to stay dead. Dee Wallace headlines as Diane, a matriarch presiding over the gathering

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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There Is No ‘Safe Place’ In This Film’s Trailer

The first trailer for the twisted thriller Safe Place has arrived. Nick Hunt is making his directorial debut with Safe Place, co-written by Hunt, Preston Fassel and Pennie Sublime. Produced by Johnny Macabre (Crepitus), the film centers on a group of friends who “have their whole lives ahead of them. Or so they think -When art student Lori Hughes sells a piece at her first show, it seems to be the beginning of a promising career. Better still, the purchaser, Chris Craven, is a wealthy eccentric who invites Lori and her friends back to his rustic lodge for a night of celebration and planning for the future. Unbeknownst to the friends, Chris’ homey façade hides an inner torment-a rage against the world following a senseless tragedy that forever altered him. As the evening wears on and memories of the past begin to consume him, Chris resolves to spare Lori and her friends the same suffering that he’s endured in his

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Australian Sci-fi Invasion Film ‘1’ Begins Filming

Writer-director Robert Braiden’s new sci-fi thriller 1 has now begun production. Filming in South-East Queensland, 1 follows the last man earth searching for redemption during an alien invasion. From the Press Release: A new sci–fi thriller starring rising young star Dan Ewing begins filming in Australia this week. “1” from Truant Productions, will tell of the last man on Earth as he undertakes a long, perilous journey in search of redemption while trying to stay one step ahead of a malevolent alien invasion. The film, from writer-director Robert Braiden, will shoot in South East Queensland – which previously played host to fellow science-fiction films and series Terra Nova, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderand Thor : Ragnarok. Reckless car hooner Darren (Dan Ewing, TVs “Home & Away”) lives for the thrill of high-speed highway racing and burnouts. His life is going nowhere fast while his adoring girlfriend Misha dreams of them settling down and for Darren

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2017
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Michael Bay And Jason Blum To Produce ‘The Purge 4’

It has become a tradition that a new film for The Purge franchise arrives in theaters every Independence Day. Next year will be no different. The fourth film of the franchise has now entered development with James DeManaco once again writing the script. Part 4 will be a little different from the previous films, the still unnamed movie will be a prequel. After three films we will finally learn exactly how it all began. While the cast has yet to be announced, we do know that Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and Sebastian Lemercier will be producing. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. We’ll keep you posted as this film develops alongside the new Purge television series.

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