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Leonardo DiCaprio Starring In J.J. Abrams’ Stephen King Adaptation ‘Billy Summers’

Stephen King‘s novel, Billy Summers, is getting a film adaptation with J.J. Abrams directing and Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the title character. The news came via Deadline that the script based on the book, published in 2021, is being written by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. “Billy Summers is a 44-year-old hitman and former U.S. Marine sniper, who only accepts jobs killing truly evil men, but now he wants to retire from the assassin life altogether. Nick Majarian, a mobster whom Billy has worked for many times before, offers him one last job–one that pays $500,000 upfront and $1.5 million after it’s done. But something doesn’t add up for Summers.” Abrams produces for Warner Bros., with DiCaprio producing for Appian Way.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 5, 2023

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Horror Anthology ‘Vampus Horror Tales’ Coming To VOD And Digital

This month, the horror anthology Vampus Horror Tales will tell a series of dark, twisted stories on VOD and Digital. In the film, “Vampus, a gravedigger and body snatcher, is the cemetery’s guardian, a sinister being with many secrets. He loves to read horror comics and introduces us to four twisted tales of love, murder, and various horrific acts.” This film stars Saturnino García, Nacho Guerreros, Félix Gómez, Elena Furiase, Erika Sanz, Montse Plá, Diego Arjona, Dunia Rodríguez, Federico Repetto, Vicky Jorge. Vampus Horror Tales will be released on VOD and Digital on February 15, 2023, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 5, 2023

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Horror ‘Viking Wolf’ Bares Its Teeth On Netflix (Trailer)

Looking for something you can sink your teeth into? The Norwegian horror Viking Wolf (aka Vikingulven) bares its teeth on Netflix this February. The movie centers on 17-year-old “Thale, who has just moved with her parents to a small town after her mother has a new job in the local police. After a student is killed brutally at a party Thale attends, she becomes a key witness. Was the killer an animal? A wolf?” Directed by Stig Svendsen (King’s Bay, Elevator) from the script by Espen Aukan and Stig Svendsen, the action-packed horror stars Liv Mjönes, Arthur Hakalahti, Elli Rhiannon Müler Osborne, Sjur CanteBrean, and more. Watch Viking Wolf on Netflix now.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 4, 2023

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Supernatural Horror ‘They Wait In The Dark’ Is Out This February

From the award-winning filmmaker Patrick Rea (Nailbiter, I Am Lisa) comes a new tale of terror, They Wait in the Dark. The film stars Sarah McGuire, Patrick McGee, Laurie Catherine Winkel, Paige Maria, Chris Bylsma, and Meagan Flynn. In They Wait in the Dark, “Amy (McGuire) and her adopted son Adrian (McGee) are on the run from Amy’s abusive ex-girlfriend, Judith (Winkel). Desperate to stay hidden, they take refuge in the abandoned farmhouse of Amy’s family outside her Kansas hometown. Soon, a supernatural force from Amy’s dark past begins haunting Adrian. With the vengeful Judith in pursuit, Amy and Adrian find themselves locked in a showdown between the threats both outside and in. The film, which screened at Fright Fest, Popcorn Frights Film Festival, and HorrorHound, is coming to Digital on February 7, 2023, from 1091.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 4, 2023

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The Sinister Novel ‘Girl From Rawblood’ Is Getting A Reprint

The sinister and atmospheric novel Girl From Rawblood by the internationally best-selling author of The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward, is being reprinted this March due to popular demand. The story follows a young woman’s rebellion against her father, her home, and the ghost that haunts the family line as she takes a mesmerizing journey into the sins of the past. Young Iris Villarca is the last of her family’s line. They are haunted by “her,” a curse passed down through the generations that mark each Villarca for inevitable heartbreak and death. For generations, the Villarcas have died young, under mysterious circumstances. But Iris dares to fall in love, and the consequences of her choice are immediate and terrifying. Publishers Weekly applauded the Girl from Rawblood in a review that noted how “Ward perfectly balances sensory richness with the chills of the uncanny.” Catriona Ward’s reprinted debut will mesmerize readers with a rich gothic horror story of cursed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 4, 2023

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Part Jewish Horror, Part Romance, Shudder’s ‘Attachment’ Premieres Next week

Next week, Attachment, the feature debut from Denmark-based writer/director Gabriel Bier Gislason, a horror romance steeped in Jewish folklore, is set to make its premiere on Shudder. Maja (Josephine Park, Baby Fever), a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick, Game of Thrones, An Education), an academic from London. After Leah suffers from a mysterious seizure, Maja returns with her to her childhood home. There, she meets Leah’s overbearing mother, Chana (internationally acclaimed Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl, The Undoing, The Killing), a woman who could hold dark secrets. The film puts a new twist on the demonic dybbuk sub-genre in horror and pairs it with an unexpectedly campy and comedic flare and sincere, personal script. Written for Josephine Park, Gislason’s longtime friend, and loosely inspired by stories from her life, Attachment is set in the Hasidic area of North London, where Gislason lived for years. The film draws heavily on Yiddish folklore art and literature, portraying a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 3, 2023

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“Mayfair Witches” Has Cast Its Spell, It’s Renewed For Season Two

These days when a good show’s season ends, we all hold our breath as series get canceled left and right. Well, we’ve got good news for fans of one series. AMC just announced via Twitter that it has renewed “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches,” which is part of the evolving Anne Rice Universe. .”Mayfair Witches” premiered in January and is the second series of the Anne Rice Universe to be renewed recently, with “Interview with the Vampire” also getting a second season. “The success of both Mayfair Witches and Interview with the Vampire once again illustrates the strength and mastery of Anne Rice’s work,” said AMC’s Mark Johnson. “The fact that these first two shows are performing so splendidly with a TV audience gives us much pride in what we’ve already done and great anticipation for the storytelling opportunities yet to come.” Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, and Annabeth Gish star in the series about a neurosurgeon who discovers she

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Feb 3, 2023

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Trailer Debuts For Horror Thriller ‘Impuratus,’ Filmed At Pennhurst Asylum

The trailer for Michael Yurinko’s riveting new horror thriller Impuratus has now been released ahead of its March release date. Tom Sizemore stars as Detective Clayton Douglas, a Homicide Detective Clayton Douglas who is summoned to a remote mental hospital to witness the deathbed confession of a mysterious Civil War soldier. He is quickly met by Dr. Heysinger (Robert Miano), who tells him about the mysterious man in the basement who, oddly enough, asked for the detective by name. That disturbed man, Civil War soldier Daniel Glassman (Jody Quigley), wants to confess to something horrible and wants to make this confession specifically to Detective Douglas. The film was inspired by a dilapidated shed next to a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse that inspired him to write the screenplay for this multi-award-winning new film. At the time, Yurinko was laid up, recovering from a painful back injury where he couldn’t move, sit down, stand, or walk, “when the shed caught my eye for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 3, 2023

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First Poster And Image For Werewolf Horror ‘Blackout’

Yellow Veil Pictures announced today that they had boarded world sales on Blackout, Larry Fessenden’s werewolf horror film currently in post-production. They have released the first teaser poster and image for the film that wrapped principal photography in the fall in New York’s Hudson Valley, and the film will hit the festival circuit later this year. The film follows a fine arts painter convinced he is a werewolf wreaking havoc on a small American town every full moon. It is the latest addition to Fessenden’s own Monsterverse, along with his breakout feature, the vampire-themed Independent Spirit Award-Winning feature Habit (1995), and 2019’s Frankenstein riff, Depraved. Blackout marks the second pairing of Glass Eye Pix, the New York production shingle headed by Fessenden, and Yellow Veil Pictures, having previously collaborated successfully on world sales for Fessenden’s 2019 film Depraved, which was released by IFC Midnight in the US to great acclaim. Winner of the 1997 Someone to Watch Spirit Award, New

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Feb 3, 2023

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Shudder Announces ‘Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine’ Special

Joe Bob kicks off another year of holiday fun with the Shudder Original Valentine’s Day special, Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine. This Valentine’s Day, legendary horror host Joe Bob Briggs makes history and officiates the wedding of two fans on-air while hosting a double helping of films about the ultimate nightmare: True Love! RSVP to join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mailgirl, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they bring two young lovers together under the neon and glitz of Las Vegas. Joe Bob Briggs said, “During this year’s demented double feature, I’ll be joining in unholy matrimony two young lovers thoroughly schooled in the twisted tenets of The Last Drive-In. And I’ll probably need an Elvis jumpsuit to do it.” “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings. The special debuts on Friday, February 10th, live on the Shudder TV feed at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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Feb 3, 2023

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