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The Mall of America is doubling down on frights this spooky season with a massive 45,000-square-foot haunted attraction, “Onionhead’s Revenge.” Presented by American Monsters, the Halloween attraction is described as a “haunt” unlike no other.” The event will feature one-of-a-kind offerings like specialty drinks and themed cocktails and food, along with thrills and chills. The team promises “a haunt experience like no other.” According to local legend, “Onionhead” was the cruel nickname given to a young man who was brutally murdered by a vigilante mob after being wrongly accused of the murder of a young woman. Consumed by rage, they hacked his body into 13 pieces and scattered them in a nearby cemetery. Swearing vengeance, his mother cursed the townspeople who took her son. In the months following, those responsible for Onionhead’s demise suffered gruesome deaths. Locals still report sightings of a monstrosity, hideously stitched together, stalking the cemetery, out for revenge. “We are thrilled to partner with the leaders
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Truly creepy horror movies are few and far between these days, but one new movie, Cobweb, will leave you jumping at every creek and crack you hear in your house for days. In the film, “eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) is plagued by a tapping from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes his parents, played by Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) and Antony Starr (“The Boys”), could be hiding a terrible, dangerous, deadly secret.” I had the pleasure of discussing Cobweb with its director, Samuel Bodin. While the film marks his directorial film debut, Bodin is no stranger to unnerving horror. He delivered frights, chills, and thrills in his absolutely fantastic and creepy AF 2019 series “Marianne,” which I called “the best thing in horror to happen to Netflix this year” in my review. Here’s what Bodin had to say about Cobweb, which is guaranteed to
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Ahead of its World Premier at FrightFest on August 26th, Framework Productions has unleashed the trailer for the zombie film Herd. Directed by “Saturday Night Live’s” Steven Pierce, the film stars Corbin Bernsen (Major League, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, LA Law), Timothy V. Murphy (Snowpiercer, National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Ellen Adair (Homeland, Bull, The Sinner) Mitzi Akaha (Archive 81) and Jeremy Holm (Mr. Robot, House of Cards). HERD follows Jamie Miller (Adair) and her wife, Alex (Akaha), trying to save their failing marriage by going on an isolated trip in rural Missouri. After an accident, the women find themselves trapped back in Jamie’s small hometown and where her father lives (Bernsen), which has become overrun by virus-infected ‘Heps.’ “I am beyond enthusiastic that HERD is making its World Premiere at FrightFest in London. Alan Jones and his team put on one of the most exciting genre events in the world and I am so proud to be a contributor.
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Following its successful film festival tour, director Jacques Molitor‘s body horror Wolfkin has now scored a summer release from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “Single Mother, Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin’s aggressive behavior and sudden physical changes. She visits his late father’s estranged family in small-town Luxembourg – where a much darker secret lurks. When she realizes Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son’s future.” “With strong practical effects guaranteed to keep genre audiences enthralled and a unique storyline similar in tone to Let The Right One In and Hatching, this family drama meets creature body horror, with a violent edge, is shaping up to be one of our hottest titles for the second half of 2023”, said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. Wolfkin, starring Louise Manteau, Victor Dieu, Marja-Leena Junker, and Jules Werner, will be released on DVD and Digital platforms on August 8, 2023.
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One of the best horror-comedies of all time is Dan O’Bannon’s The Return of the Living Dead, released in 1985. Like many classics these days – love it or hate it – it is getting a reboot. The classic, known for its iconic characters “Tar Man” and ” Trash” (played by Linnea Quigley), the red-headed punk chick who likes to dance naked in graveyards, sees two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally releasing a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Living Dead Media is behind the upcoming reboot, which Steve Wolsh (Muck, Kill Her Goats) will direct. Living Dead Media states, “Our reboot of Return of the Living Dead will expand the existing world created by the original 5 films, while staying true to the R-rated, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy roots adored by fans of the cult classic around the world for the last 35 years.” They continue saying,
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The dash-and-slash feature debut from filmmaker Hope Madden, Obstacle Corpse has just finished its festival tour, where it gathered awards and screened at Joe Swanberg’s (Netflix’s Drinking Buddies) secret video store. Now watch the bloody story of teen Sunny (Sylvie Mix, Poser) trying to prove herself to her survivalist dad on the world’s deadliest race course. In the film, Mix’s character, feeling overshadowed by her sisters, signs up for a mysterious obstacle course race with her equally unprepared friend, Ezra. But as they witness military-style enforcers, creepy race organizers, and a series of brutal murders, the two quickly realize that they’re running for their lives. “I’m a lifelong horror fan, writer and critic, and I made Obstacle Corpse for everyone who loves laughs and a genuine story with their gooey head smashes,” said Madden. “But you never know what will connect, and we’ve been so honored by the reception, and people telling each other they have to see it.” Madden
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Not even death can end one couple’s love in Claudia La Bianca’s haunting horror film The Abode. Set in the 1800s, a young, handsome Native American named Talako is caught with the wife of a ruthless pirate, Redbeard, who orders him killed. Witnessing Talako’s execution, Redbeard’s wife, Lara, takes her own life. Almost 300 years later, Lara and Talako meet face to face and learn that everything happens for a reason. Ariadna Gonzalez Medina, Montana Cypress, Karmel Bortoleti, and Chris Darsow star in The Abode, out now on digital and landing on DVD July 18, 2023, from Dark Star Pictures.
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One of the most highly anticipated horror films of the year is Universal’s vampire tale, The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The first clear look at actor Javier Botet, who has appeared in films such as Insidious: The Last Key, The Conjuring 2, IT and IT: Chapter 2, as Dracula in the movie, has been shared on the July cover of Fangoria. The movie is based on a single chilling chapter, “The Captain’s Log,” from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, and tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Carpathia to London. André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) is at the helm of the film written by Bragi Schut. Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train) wrote the script’s latest version. The Last Voyage also stars Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, Straight Outta Compton) as Clemens, a doctor who joins the Demeter crew, and
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The World Premiere of the horror film Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives was announced today and is set to screen at FrightFest this August. The first image, featuring Nilam Farooq also arrived today (via Variety) giving us our first glimpse at the film. The “one-shot” horror film is told in real-time and “follows heavily pregnant Maria (Nilam Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within. As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (David Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears eerie noises and mysterious breathing, unaware of a ghostly presence behind her. Determined to uncover the truth, she discovers a hidden room revealing a terrible family secret. Panic sets in as Maria tries to flee back to town, only to find her car key missing. She enters an eerie and dramatic night,
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Emmy-winner Eddie Izzard is starring in the upcoming movie Doctor Jekyll from Hammer Studios, a new twist on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale that features a trans lead for the first time. The new poster, by Creepy Duck Design, has just debuted on Fangoria, giving us our first glimpse of Izzard as Doctor Nina Jekyll. The movie centers on the reclusive Doctor Nina Jekyll, who finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by Scott Chambers. The two must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life. Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Hyde, and Simon Callow will also star. Joe Stephenson directs from the script by first-time writer Dan Kelly-Mulhern. Stephenson produces along with Guy de Beaujeu (Journey’s End) and Liam Coutts (The Good Drug). Christian Angermayer (Army of Thieves) serves as Executive Producer. “There’ve been over 100 cinematic adaptations of Stevenson’s novella, but there has never been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There seem to be some assumptions
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The Mall of America is doubling down on frights this spooky season with a massive 45,000-square-foot haunted attraction, “Onionhead’s Revenge.” Presented by American Monsters, the Halloween attraction is described as a “haunt” unlike no other.” The event will feature one-of-a-kind offerings like specialty drinks and themed cocktails and food, along with thrills and chills. The team promises “a haunt experience like no other.” According to local legend, “Onionhead” was the cruel nickname given to a young man who was brutally murdered by a vigilante mob after being wrongly accused of the murder of a young woman. Consumed by rage, they hacked his body into 13 pieces and scattered them in a nearby cemetery. Swearing vengeance, his mother cursed the townspeople who took her son. In the months following, those responsible for Onionhead’s demise suffered gruesome deaths. Locals still report sightings of a monstrosity, hideously stitched together, stalking the cemetery, out for revenge. “We are thrilled to partner with the leaders
Continue reading →
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Truly creepy horror movies are few and far between these days, but one new movie, Cobweb, will leave you jumping at every creek and crack you hear in your house for days. In the film, “eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) is plagued by a tapping from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes his parents, played by Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) and Antony Starr (“The Boys”), could be hiding a terrible, dangerous, deadly secret.” I had the pleasure of discussing Cobweb with its director, Samuel Bodin. While the film marks his directorial film debut, Bodin is no stranger to unnerving horror. He delivered frights, chills, and thrills in his absolutely fantastic and creepy AF 2019 series “Marianne,” which I called “the best thing in horror to happen to Netflix this year” in my review. Here’s what Bodin had to say about Cobweb, which is guaranteed to
Continue reading →
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Ahead of its World Premier at FrightFest on August 26th, Framework Productions has unleashed the trailer for the zombie film Herd. Directed by “Saturday Night Live’s” Steven Pierce, the film stars Corbin Bernsen (Major League, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, LA Law), Timothy V. Murphy (Snowpiercer, National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Ellen Adair (Homeland, Bull, The Sinner) Mitzi Akaha (Archive 81) and Jeremy Holm (Mr. Robot, House of Cards). HERD follows Jamie Miller (Adair) and her wife, Alex (Akaha), trying to save their failing marriage by going on an isolated trip in rural Missouri. After an accident, the women find themselves trapped back in Jamie’s small hometown and where her father lives (Bernsen), which has become overrun by virus-infected ‘Heps.’ “I am beyond enthusiastic that HERD is making its World Premiere at FrightFest in London. Alan Jones and his team put on one of the most exciting genre events in the world and I am so proud to be a contributor.
Continue reading →
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Following its successful film festival tour, director Jacques Molitor‘s body horror Wolfkin has now scored a summer release from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “Single Mother, Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin’s aggressive behavior and sudden physical changes. She visits his late father’s estranged family in small-town Luxembourg – where a much darker secret lurks. When she realizes Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son’s future.” “With strong practical effects guaranteed to keep genre audiences enthralled and a unique storyline similar in tone to Let The Right One In and Hatching, this family drama meets creature body horror, with a violent edge, is shaping up to be one of our hottest titles for the second half of 2023”, said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. Wolfkin, starring Louise Manteau, Victor Dieu, Marja-Leena Junker, and Jules Werner, will be released on DVD and Digital platforms on August 8, 2023.
Continue reading →
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One of the best horror-comedies of all time is Dan O’Bannon’s The Return of the Living Dead, released in 1985. Like many classics these days – love it or hate it – it is getting a reboot. The classic, known for its iconic characters “Tar Man” and ” Trash” (played by Linnea Quigley), the red-headed punk chick who likes to dance naked in graveyards, sees two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally releasing a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Living Dead Media is behind the upcoming reboot, which Steve Wolsh (Muck, Kill Her Goats) will direct. Living Dead Media states, “Our reboot of Return of the Living Dead will expand the existing world created by the original 5 films, while staying true to the R-rated, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy roots adored by fans of the cult classic around the world for the last 35 years.” They continue saying,
Continue reading →
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The dash-and-slash feature debut from filmmaker Hope Madden, Obstacle Corpse has just finished its festival tour, where it gathered awards and screened at Joe Swanberg’s (Netflix’s Drinking Buddies) secret video store. Now watch the bloody story of teen Sunny (Sylvie Mix, Poser) trying to prove herself to her survivalist dad on the world’s deadliest race course. In the film, Mix’s character, feeling overshadowed by her sisters, signs up for a mysterious obstacle course race with her equally unprepared friend, Ezra. But as they witness military-style enforcers, creepy race organizers, and a series of brutal murders, the two quickly realize that they’re running for their lives. “I’m a lifelong horror fan, writer and critic, and I made Obstacle Corpse for everyone who loves laughs and a genuine story with their gooey head smashes,” said Madden. “But you never know what will connect, and we’ve been so honored by the reception, and people telling each other they have to see it.” Madden
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Not even death can end one couple’s love in Claudia La Bianca’s haunting horror film The Abode. Set in the 1800s, a young, handsome Native American named Talako is caught with the wife of a ruthless pirate, Redbeard, who orders him killed. Witnessing Talako’s execution, Redbeard’s wife, Lara, takes her own life. Almost 300 years later, Lara and Talako meet face to face and learn that everything happens for a reason. Ariadna Gonzalez Medina, Montana Cypress, Karmel Bortoleti, and Chris Darsow star in The Abode, out now on digital and landing on DVD July 18, 2023, from Dark Star Pictures.
Continue reading →
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One of the most highly anticipated horror films of the year is Universal’s vampire tale, The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The first clear look at actor Javier Botet, who has appeared in films such as Insidious: The Last Key, The Conjuring 2, IT and IT: Chapter 2, as Dracula in the movie, has been shared on the July cover of Fangoria. The movie is based on a single chilling chapter, “The Captain’s Log,” from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, and tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Carpathia to London. André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) is at the helm of the film written by Bragi Schut. Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train) wrote the script’s latest version. The Last Voyage also stars Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, Straight Outta Compton) as Clemens, a doctor who joins the Demeter crew, and
Continue reading →
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The World Premiere of the horror film Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives was announced today and is set to screen at FrightFest this August. The first image, featuring Nilam Farooq also arrived today (via Variety) giving us our first glimpse at the film. The “one-shot” horror film is told in real-time and “follows heavily pregnant Maria (Nilam Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within. As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (David Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears eerie noises and mysterious breathing, unaware of a ghostly presence behind her. Determined to uncover the truth, she discovers a hidden room revealing a terrible family secret. Panic sets in as Maria tries to flee back to town, only to find her car key missing. She enters an eerie and dramatic night,
Continue reading →
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Emmy-winner Eddie Izzard is starring in the upcoming movie Doctor Jekyll from Hammer Studios, a new twist on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale that features a trans lead for the first time. The new poster, by Creepy Duck Design, has just debuted on Fangoria, giving us our first glimpse of Izzard as Doctor Nina Jekyll. The movie centers on the reclusive Doctor Nina Jekyll, who finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by Scott Chambers. The two must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life. Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Hyde, and Simon Callow will also star. Joe Stephenson directs from the script by first-time writer Dan Kelly-Mulhern. Stephenson produces along with Guy de Beaujeu (Journey’s End) and Liam Coutts (The Good Drug). Christian Angermayer (Army of Thieves) serves as Executive Producer. “There’ve been over 100 cinematic adaptations of Stevenson’s novella, but there has never been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There seem to be some assumptions
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