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Something Is Coming And IT COMES AT NIGHT In A New Trailer

Following the world premiere of It Comes at Night from acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults at this past weekend’s Overlook Film Festival, A24 has unveiled a new trailer. The film centers on a “civilization-destroying pandemic,” with a father, a mother and teenage son staying in a remote house. “When an intruder arrives, pleading for help, they are forced to choose between kindness and potential infection. And this is one killer infection.” Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family comes at the cost of his soul. Joel Edgerton, Riley Keogh, Christopher Abbot, Carmen Ejogo,

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BLOOD FEAST Receives An Expanded Release And New Date

One of the few, and I mean very few, remakes I’ve looked forward to seeing is director Marcel Walz’s Blood Fest, originally released in 1963 by H.G. Lewis. A distribution deal had been struck and Medallion Releasing was set to release Blood Feast in theaters on April 28, 2017. Instead a new date has been announced. Due to fan demands, Blood Feast will be getting a wider release on June 23, 2017. Starring Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams, Sophie Monk, and Sadie Katz, the story centers on Fuad Ramses (Rusler) and his family who have moved from the US to France, where they run a diner. With business not going well, Fuad takes a second job as the night shift at a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During the long, lonely nights, he finds himself drawn to an ancient statue of the goddess Ishtar (Katz). He becomes more and more drawn to her as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually

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Jessica Biel Gets Bloody In The Trailer For USA’s New Series THE SINNER

Fans got a sneak peek at USA’s upcoming thriller series The Sinner, based on the German crime novel by Petra Hammesfahr, at the Tribeca Film Festival from acclaimed director Antonio Campos. Starring Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, and Bill Pullman, the 8-episode series centers on a young mother who is “overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage and commits a startling act of violence. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the “who” or the “what” – but the “why.” Soon the investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman’s buried motive. Amy Miller, Teri Wyble, Dohn Norwood, Robert Funaro, Leslie Fray, Eric Todd, Meredith Holzman, Michael H. Cole, and Rebecca Brooksher co-star. The Sinner will premiere on USA on August 2, 2017.

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Apr 30, 2017
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Writer-Director Peter Hurd Talks About ‘The Control Group’ In An Interview

I recently got the chance to talk with award-winning writer-director Peter Hurd whose debut film The Control Group will be arriving on DVD May 9, 2017 from Wild Eye Releasing. Starring Brad Dourif of the Child’s Play franchise, Ross Destiche, Jenna Enemy, Justen Jones, Emily Soto, Shane Philip, Monique Candelaria, Jerry G. Angelo, Kodi Saint Angelo, Larry Laverty, Meisha Johnson, Taso N. Stavrakis, and Luce Rain, the film centers on five college students wake up in an abandoned, locked-down insane asylum – with no idea how they got there and no means of escape. They discover that they are the subjects of secret experiments, but these tests have awakened something that cannot be explained by science. The group must now fight to escape both the human and supernatural threats if they are to survive and break out of their prison. Horror Fuel: “What is your story? Where are you from?” Hurd: “I’m from Minnesota, grew up in the suburbs of

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Apr 30, 2017
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Character Posters Unveiled For PITCHFORK Ahead Of Its May Release

Bring home Glenn Douglas Packard’s slasher film Pitchfork (our review) on Blu-ray and DVD this May and witness the birth of a new horror icon. Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger. The cast includes Daniel Wilkinson, Lindsey Nicole, Brian Raetz, Ryan Moore, Celina Beach, Keith Webb, Sheila Leason, Nicole Dambro, Vibhu Raghave, Rachel Carter, Andrew Dawe-Collins, Carol Ludwick, Derek Reynolds, Addisyn Wallace and Anisbel Lopez. Ahead of Pitchfork’s May 2, 2017 release, a new series of character posters by Andrew Dawe-Collins has been

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Apr 30, 2017
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Rights To Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles Optioned By Paramount

We first told you about Anne Rice’s planning a television adaption of her Vampire Chronicles back last year. Back in December she confirmed her plan to bring the story to television with her son Christopher by her side. Since then, we haven’t had heard any new, until now. Rice revealed on her Facebook page that Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the series along with the rights to eleven other books from the brilliant writer. Below is the statement she shared on her page. Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s bestselling series The Vampire Chronicles. Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin. “It is undeniable that Anne Rice has created the paradigm in which all vampire stories are measured against.

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Apr 30, 2017
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Pray You Don’t Miss The American Gods Premiere Tonight!

Starz new series American Gods is set to premiere tonight. The series, one of the most highly-anticipated of 2017, is based Neil Gaiman’s novel by the same name. American Gods centers on the battle brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods. The Old Gods are rooted in mythology and the religions of days gone by. The New Gods have found their footing thanks to people’s obsession with money, technology, celebrities, and drugs. The series will also deal with issues such as women’s rights, gun control, racial divides, incarceration and other aspects of today’s society. Executive producer and co-writer Brian Fuller penned the script for American Gods with Michael Green. The two are also working as co-showrunners. Gaiman will be serving as executive producer for the show. David Slade will be in the director’s chair for several episodes, including the pilot. Dane Cook will co-star along side Gillian Anderson (Media), Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon), Ian McShane (Mr. Wednesday), Emily

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Apr 30, 2017
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A Grave Robber Finds Himself Haunted In THE BONE BOX

Luke Genton is making his directorial debut with The Bone Box, which he also penned and produced. Already in production, The Bone Box centers on a grave robber who believes he is haunted by those he has stolen from. Michelle Krusiec (The Invitation), Aaron Schwartz (Guardians of the Galaxy), Jamie Bernadette (I Spit On Your Grave), David Chokachi (Witchblade), Tess Bellomo (Liked), and newcomer Gareth Koorzen star. Depressed and reeling from the recent death of his wife, Tom (Koorzen) has built up quite a gambling debt. He goes to stay with his wealthy Aunt Florence (Olsen) in hopes that she will write him into her will. When a nasty creditor makes it clear that Tom is out of time, he devises a plan with Elodie (Krusiec), the undertaker’s daughter, to rob the graves of the rich townspeople buried in the cemetery across the road. After plundering the graves, Tom begins hearing and seeing strange things that seem to coincide with

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Apr 30, 2017
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THE NUN Possesses A New Cast Member And A Friday The 13th Release Date

New Line Cinema’s spin-off of The Conjuring 2 has added another actor to its already impressive cast that includes Demián Birchir, Taissa Framiga and Bonnie Aarons who will reprise her role as the demonic nun. Belgian actor Jonas Bloquet will now face The Nun, Deadline reports. Bloquet has starred in several films including Elle, 3 Days to Kill, Orphan, and The Family. The Nun centers on the evil entity faced by Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring 2 and will serve as a prequel. Bichir will play Father Burke who is dispatched by Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun. Corin 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 serving as executive producers. The Nun possess a Friday the 13th release date. It will open in theaters nationwide July, 2018.

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Apr 29, 2017
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Dive Into The New Shark Filled Trailer For 47 METERS DOWN

With summer approaching, many people’s thoughts are drifting to warm sandy beaches and the cool waters of the ocean. For some, thoughts of what might be lurking before the surface, sharp toothed, hungry sharks, are there in the backs of their minds. Of course, the season wouldn’t be complete with a summertime shark film to bring those fears to life, like the upcoming shark thriller 47 Meters Down (aka In the Deep) which has a brand new trailer. Mandy Moore and Clair Holt star as sisters cage-diving. When their boat leaves them stranded in an observation cage, they are trapped on the ocean floor, surrounded by Great Whites. The film was directed by Johannes Roberts ( The Other Side of the Door) who co-wrote the script with Ernest Riera. Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) and Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) co-star in this shark thriller. The film “dives into a world of two sisters (Mandy Moore and Claire Holt) who become

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Apr 29, 2017

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Something Is Coming And IT COMES AT NIGHT In A New Trailer

Following the world premiere of It Comes at Night from acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults at this past weekend’s Overlook Film Festival, A24 has unveiled a new trailer. The film centers on a “civilization-destroying pandemic,” with a father, a mother and teenage son staying in a remote house. “When an intruder arrives, pleading for help, they are forced to choose between kindness and potential infection. And this is one killer infection.” Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family comes at the cost of his soul. Joel Edgerton, Riley Keogh, Christopher Abbot, Carmen Ejogo,

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

BLOOD FEAST Receives An Expanded Release And New Date

One of the few, and I mean very few, remakes I’ve looked forward to seeing is director Marcel Walz’s Blood Fest, originally released in 1963 by H.G. Lewis. A distribution deal had been struck and Medallion Releasing was set to release Blood Feast in theaters on April 28, 2017. Instead a new date has been announced. Due to fan demands, Blood Feast will be getting a wider release on June 23, 2017. Starring Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams, Sophie Monk, and Sadie Katz, the story centers on Fuad Ramses (Rusler) and his family who have moved from the US to France, where they run a diner. With business not going well, Fuad takes a second job as the night shift at a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During the long, lonely nights, he finds himself drawn to an ancient statue of the goddess Ishtar (Katz). He becomes more and more drawn to her as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually

Continue reading →
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Jessica Biel Gets Bloody In The Trailer For USA’s New Series THE SINNER

Fans got a sneak peek at USA’s upcoming thriller series The Sinner, based on the German crime novel by Petra Hammesfahr, at the Tribeca Film Festival from acclaimed director Antonio Campos. Starring Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, and Bill Pullman, the 8-episode series centers on a young mother who is “overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage and commits a startling act of violence. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the “who” or the “what” – but the “why.” Soon the investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman’s buried motive. Amy Miller, Teri Wyble, Dohn Norwood, Robert Funaro, Leslie Fray, Eric Todd, Meredith Holzman, Michael H. Cole, and Rebecca Brooksher co-star. The Sinner will premiere on USA on August 2, 2017.

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Apr 30, 2017
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Writer-Director Peter Hurd Talks About ‘The Control Group’ In An Interview

I recently got the chance to talk with award-winning writer-director Peter Hurd whose debut film The Control Group will be arriving on DVD May 9, 2017 from Wild Eye Releasing. Starring Brad Dourif of the Child’s Play franchise, Ross Destiche, Jenna Enemy, Justen Jones, Emily Soto, Shane Philip, Monique Candelaria, Jerry G. Angelo, Kodi Saint Angelo, Larry Laverty, Meisha Johnson, Taso N. Stavrakis, and Luce Rain, the film centers on five college students wake up in an abandoned, locked-down insane asylum – with no idea how they got there and no means of escape. They discover that they are the subjects of secret experiments, but these tests have awakened something that cannot be explained by science. The group must now fight to escape both the human and supernatural threats if they are to survive and break out of their prison. Horror Fuel: “What is your story? Where are you from?” Hurd: “I’m from Minnesota, grew up in the suburbs of

Continue reading →
Apr 30, 2017
Horror Fuel

Character Posters Unveiled For PITCHFORK Ahead Of Its May Release

Bring home Glenn Douglas Packard’s slasher film Pitchfork (our review) on Blu-ray and DVD this May and witness the birth of a new horror icon. Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger. The cast includes Daniel Wilkinson, Lindsey Nicole, Brian Raetz, Ryan Moore, Celina Beach, Keith Webb, Sheila Leason, Nicole Dambro, Vibhu Raghave, Rachel Carter, Andrew Dawe-Collins, Carol Ludwick, Derek Reynolds, Addisyn Wallace and Anisbel Lopez. Ahead of Pitchfork’s May 2, 2017 release, a new series of character posters by Andrew Dawe-Collins has been

Continue reading →
Apr 30, 2017
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Rights To Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles Optioned By Paramount

We first told you about Anne Rice’s planning a television adaption of her Vampire Chronicles back last year. Back in December she confirmed her plan to bring the story to television with her son Christopher by her side. Since then, we haven’t had heard any new, until now. Rice revealed on her Facebook page that Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the series along with the rights to eleven other books from the brilliant writer. Below is the statement she shared on her page. Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s bestselling series The Vampire Chronicles. Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin. “It is undeniable that Anne Rice has created the paradigm in which all vampire stories are measured against.

Continue reading →
Apr 30, 2017
Horror Fuel

Pray You Don’t Miss The American Gods Premiere Tonight!

Starz new series American Gods is set to premiere tonight. The series, one of the most highly-anticipated of 2017, is based Neil Gaiman’s novel by the same name. American Gods centers on the battle brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods. The Old Gods are rooted in mythology and the religions of days gone by. The New Gods have found their footing thanks to people’s obsession with money, technology, celebrities, and drugs. The series will also deal with issues such as women’s rights, gun control, racial divides, incarceration and other aspects of today’s society. Executive producer and co-writer Brian Fuller penned the script for American Gods with Michael Green. The two are also working as co-showrunners. Gaiman will be serving as executive producer for the show. David Slade will be in the director’s chair for several episodes, including the pilot. Dane Cook will co-star along side Gillian Anderson (Media), Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon), Ian McShane (Mr. Wednesday), Emily

Continue reading →
Apr 30, 2017
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A Grave Robber Finds Himself Haunted In THE BONE BOX

Luke Genton is making his directorial debut with The Bone Box, which he also penned and produced. Already in production, The Bone Box centers on a grave robber who believes he is haunted by those he has stolen from. Michelle Krusiec (The Invitation), Aaron Schwartz (Guardians of the Galaxy), Jamie Bernadette (I Spit On Your Grave), David Chokachi (Witchblade), Tess Bellomo (Liked), and newcomer Gareth Koorzen star. Depressed and reeling from the recent death of his wife, Tom (Koorzen) has built up quite a gambling debt. He goes to stay with his wealthy Aunt Florence (Olsen) in hopes that she will write him into her will. When a nasty creditor makes it clear that Tom is out of time, he devises a plan with Elodie (Krusiec), the undertaker’s daughter, to rob the graves of the rich townspeople buried in the cemetery across the road. After plundering the graves, Tom begins hearing and seeing strange things that seem to coincide with

Continue reading →
Apr 30, 2017
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THE NUN Possesses A New Cast Member And A Friday The 13th Release Date

New Line Cinema’s spin-off of The Conjuring 2 has added another actor to its already impressive cast that includes Demián Birchir, Taissa Framiga and Bonnie Aarons who will reprise her role as the demonic nun. Belgian actor Jonas Bloquet will now face The Nun, Deadline reports. Bloquet has starred in several films including Elle, 3 Days to Kill, Orphan, and The Family. The Nun centers on the evil entity faced by Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring 2 and will serve as a prequel. Bichir will play Father Burke who is dispatched by Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun. Corin 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 serving as executive producers. The Nun possess a Friday the 13th release date. It will open in theaters nationwide July, 2018.

Continue reading →
Apr 29, 2017
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Dive Into The New Shark Filled Trailer For 47 METERS DOWN

With summer approaching, many people’s thoughts are drifting to warm sandy beaches and the cool waters of the ocean. For some, thoughts of what might be lurking before the surface, sharp toothed, hungry sharks, are there in the backs of their minds. Of course, the season wouldn’t be complete with a summertime shark film to bring those fears to life, like the upcoming shark thriller 47 Meters Down (aka In the Deep) which has a brand new trailer. Mandy Moore and Clair Holt star as sisters cage-diving. When their boat leaves them stranded in an observation cage, they are trapped on the ocean floor, surrounded by Great Whites. The film was directed by Johannes Roberts ( The Other Side of the Door) who co-wrote the script with Ernest Riera. Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) and Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) co-star in this shark thriller. The film “dives into a world of two sisters (Mandy Moore and Claire Holt) who become

Continue reading →
Apr 29, 2017