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Creature Feature 'The Devil Beneath' Claws Its Way Onto Digital

Creature Feature ‘The Devil Beneath’ Claws Its Way Onto Digital

From Writer-director Luke Sparke, the filmmaker behind Occupation Rainfall and Red Billabong, comes the highly anticipated action-packed creature feature, The Devil Beneath, starring Dan Ewing (Home & Away) and Tim Pocock (Dance Academy), which was first released in Australia 6 years ago. It has just been released in the US for the first time on Digital. Originally titled Bunyip, the film has been re-edited, re-mixed, re-scored, and obtained by Vertical Entertainment! Set “in the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just a story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?” The Devil Beneath also stars Sophie Don, Jessica Green (Lightning Point), Ben Chisholm, John Reynolds, Emily Joy, James Straiton, Felix Williamson, and Gregory Fryer. “I can’t recall a fully realized computer-generated character as a ‘lead’ in an Australian film before.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 17, 2023
The Bride Of Frankenstein Joins NECA's Collection Of Universal Monster Figures

The Bride Of Frankenstein Joins NECA’s Collection Of Universal Monster Figures

Universal’s 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, starring Elsa Lanchester, is absolutely iconic. NECA’s line of Universal Monster figures captures the essence of the character in a new collectible, the 7″ action figure, with two different ways to display. NECA details, “Elsa Lanchester’s portrayal of the creature stitched together to be the monster’s mate is captured in this detailed 7″ scale Ultimate action figure.” “It comes with bandages, a removable gown, two pairs of hands, and three interchangeable head sculpts. Display-friendly window box packaging with opening front flap.” A black-and-white version of the Bride of Frankenstein will also be released at a later date. Take a look at some of the images of the colorized version below, which will be available this June. For more details and images, head over to the official NECA site.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 17, 2023
Evil Stalks A Woman In The Trailer For 'The Unsettling'

Evil Stalks A Woman In The Trailer For ‘The Unsettling’

This February, Dark Sky Films reveals the horrors of The Unsettling, a tale of four friends gathered in a home only to find that one is being terrorized by an evil force. The film, from writer-director Harry Owens, who is making his feature directorial debut, centers on Abena and Kwame, a Ghanaian couple, who are struggling to recover from a devastating tragedy. They travel to Los Angeles for a vacation that they hope will help them find their way back to one another. Instead, during an awkward dinner with estranged friends Vivian and Anthony, Abena is increasingly terrorized by an evil possessing the house. The house that was meant to provide refuge slowly stalks her, consuming her sorrow and trapping her in a nightmare. As her terror grows, it ultimately engulfs all four with horrifying consequences.” Produced by Bleak Pictures, this dark tale stars Zephani Idoko, Bambadjan Bamba, Libby Munro, Benedikt Sebastian, Chloë Caro, and Rojawn Khoshnam. The Unsettling opens

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
Out Of This World Trailer Arrives For Sequel To Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth'

Out Of This World Trailer Arrives For Sequel To Sci-Fi Blockbuster ‘The Wandering Earth’

In 2019, the sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth raked in over $700 million at box offices and was hit on Netflix. Trinity CineAsia has just announced that the sequel, The Wandering Earth II, is headed your way later this month. Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs) and Wu Jing (The Battle at Lake Changjin, Wolf Warrior) lead the sequel’s cast, set in the near future. The sun is rapidly expanding and will engulf the earth within 100 years. To ensure the survival of humankind, nations join hands to form an unprecedented, ambitious global project to build powerful engines on the earth’s surface and propel the planet away from impending doom. Meanwhile, protests have broken out to demand the restart of the controversial Digital Life Project, which digitalizes human beings after they have passed. Tensions soon escalate, and the protestors plan to sabotage the Wandering Earth Project by attacking the Ark Space Station… Based on the famous novella by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
Sink Your Fangs Into The Teaser For Season Two Of "Reginald The Vampire"

Sink Your Fangs Into The Teaser For Season Two Of “Reginald The Vampire”

SYFY and USA have announced that ” Chucky ” will not only”y” get a new season, but “Reginald the Vampire” will also. The news came with a teaser trailer that announced that the series has been renewed for its second season. The series, which is ranked as cable’s number two drama in the Wednesday 10 pm slot, is based on the book series by Johnny B. Truant. Season one is “set in a world populated by beautiful, fit, and vain vampires. Reginald Andres tumbles headlong into it as an unlikely hero who will have to navigate every kind of obstacle – the girl he loves but can’t be with, a bully manager at work, and the vampire chieftain who wants him dead. Fortunately, Reginald discovers he has a few unrecognized powers of his own. A new show with a lot of heart and just enough blood, “Reginald the Vampire” proves the undead life is just as complicated as life itself.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
New Teaser Reveals "Chucky" Will Return For A Third Season

New Teaser Reveals “Chucky” Will Return For A Third Season

Our favorite possessed doll will be back; USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky,” which ranks as one of the top 10 cable series for 2022, has been renewed for a third season! Don Mancini, Nick Antosca, Alex Hedlund, David Kirschner, and Jeff Renfroe executive produce. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces. In season three, “Chucky crosses paths with archenemies, old allies, and new prey as he seeks to inspire fear and mayhem wherever he goes. After his diabolical plan to invade America’s children’s hospitals was foiled in season one, Chucky now seeks revenge on those he holds responsible: surviving teens Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), along with his ex Tiffany, now his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, can “Jevon” make it as a couple in the face of adversity at their new Catholic school, not to mention a brand-new onslaught of terror from the demon doll?” We expect Brad Dourif (the voice of Chucky)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
James Cullen Bressack's Horror-Comedy 'Murder, Anyone?' Scores A February Release

James Cullen Bressack’s Horror-Comedy ‘Murder, Anyone?’ Scores A February Release

Director James Cullen Bressack’s well-received film Murder, Anyone?, based on the play by the filmmaker’s late father, Emmy-award winner Gordon Bressack, will be released this February. The feature, an exciting new horror comedy concept about manifestation, stars Kristos Andrews (“The Bay”), Galadriel Stineman (“The Middle”), Maurice LaMarche (“Pinky and the Brain”), Spencer Breslin (The Kid, Zoom), and Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland. In it, two Playwrights are tasked with creating the next avant-garde thriller; but as they write, the story comes to life, and their own emotions and arguments begin to manifest on film. “Adapted from the stage play of the same name, James brings MURDER, ANYONE? to the screen in brilliant, beautiful fashion.” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “The film isn’t just a love letter to unique horror-comedies from the likes of Joe Dante and Kevin Smith but to the talented Gordon, James’s father. He’d be proud of the result.” James Cullen Bressack is known for films such as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
Poster For Addiction Horror 'Craving' Leaves You Wanting More

Poster For Addiction Horror ‘Craving’ Leaves You Wanting More

J Horton’s new horror film, Craving, starring Kevin Caliber, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Al Gomez, Gregory Blair, and Felissa Rose. In the film, “A group of heroin addicts are besieged by a mysterious masked group inside a roadhouse bar. As withdrawn starts to set in, a secret one of them is carrying threatens to destroy them all.” Craving will be coming out in the Spring of 2023 from Indie Rights featuring great practical special effects and full-on creature design by Bravo FX. It is produced by Kevin Caliber, Ashley Undercuffler, Robert Bravo, and Sean Reid and from 50 Caliber Production in association with World One TV. Director J. Horton has directed over 20 independent feature films, including Edges of Darkness, Deathday, Trap, and I Want to Believe. “Craving features some amazing de-aging effects. ‘There are scenes featuring the same characters from 20 years prior. We were originally going to do it with makeup and lighting. But our digital fx guy said

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
New "Friday The 13th" Series "Crystal Lake" Coming To Peacock

New “Friday The 13th” Series “Crystal Lake” Coming To Peacock

After 14 years, The Friday the 13th franchise is back, this timing coming to the small screen with the new “Crystal Lake” series, which serves as a prequel from Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) and A24. Peacock has given the greenlight for the series described as an “expanded prequel” to the original franchise. Variety reports, “The show will be written by Bryan Fuller, who is also the showrunner and an executive producer. Victor Miller, who penned the original film in the franchise, will also executive produce along with Marc Toberoff, Rob Barsamian, and A24.” The cast includes the original Friday the 13th final girl Adrienne King in a recurring role as Alice. Just a heads up, there is also a movie titled Cryatal Lake that is set to be released later this year from writer-director Stephen Dodson. The two are not connected in any way. .

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
Universal Opening New Year-Round Horror Theme Park

Universal Opening New Year-Round Horror Theme Park

Universal Parks and Resorts have been busy making plans for several new parks, a kid-friendly park in Texas, Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida, and get this, a new permanent haunted attraction in Vegas, inspired by their popular Halloween Horror Nights event. Universal described the horror park, whose name has yet to be announced, as featuring a “variety of unique, immersive, fantastic horror-centric experiences” day and night. It will “deliver on the thrills and frights its horror fans have come to love.” The 110,000-square-foot attraction will be continuously updated to include seasonal events and exclusive merchandise. It will be located near the Vegas strip and will be part of the AREA15 entertainment district. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023

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Creature Feature 'The Devil Beneath' Claws Its Way Onto Digital

Creature Feature ‘The Devil Beneath’ Claws Its Way Onto Digital

From Writer-director Luke Sparke, the filmmaker behind Occupation Rainfall and Red Billabong, comes the highly anticipated action-packed creature feature, The Devil Beneath, starring Dan Ewing (Home & Away) and Tim Pocock (Dance Academy), which was first released in Australia 6 years ago. It has just been released in the US for the first time on Digital. Originally titled Bunyip, the film has been re-edited, re-mixed, re-scored, and obtained by Vertical Entertainment! Set “in the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just a story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?” The Devil Beneath also stars Sophie Don, Jessica Green (Lightning Point), Ben Chisholm, John Reynolds, Emily Joy, James Straiton, Felix Williamson, and Gregory Fryer. “I can’t recall a fully realized computer-generated character as a ‘lead’ in an Australian film before.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 17, 2023
The Bride Of Frankenstein Joins NECA's Collection Of Universal Monster Figures

The Bride Of Frankenstein Joins NECA’s Collection Of Universal Monster Figures

Universal’s 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, starring Elsa Lanchester, is absolutely iconic. NECA’s line of Universal Monster figures captures the essence of the character in a new collectible, the 7″ action figure, with two different ways to display. NECA details, “Elsa Lanchester’s portrayal of the creature stitched together to be the monster’s mate is captured in this detailed 7″ scale Ultimate action figure.” “It comes with bandages, a removable gown, two pairs of hands, and three interchangeable head sculpts. Display-friendly window box packaging with opening front flap.” A black-and-white version of the Bride of Frankenstein will also be released at a later date. Take a look at some of the images of the colorized version below, which will be available this June. For more details and images, head over to the official NECA site.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 17, 2023
Evil Stalks A Woman In The Trailer For 'The Unsettling'

Evil Stalks A Woman In The Trailer For ‘The Unsettling’

This February, Dark Sky Films reveals the horrors of The Unsettling, a tale of four friends gathered in a home only to find that one is being terrorized by an evil force. The film, from writer-director Harry Owens, who is making his feature directorial debut, centers on Abena and Kwame, a Ghanaian couple, who are struggling to recover from a devastating tragedy. They travel to Los Angeles for a vacation that they hope will help them find their way back to one another. Instead, during an awkward dinner with estranged friends Vivian and Anthony, Abena is increasingly terrorized by an evil possessing the house. The house that was meant to provide refuge slowly stalks her, consuming her sorrow and trapping her in a nightmare. As her terror grows, it ultimately engulfs all four with horrifying consequences.” Produced by Bleak Pictures, this dark tale stars Zephani Idoko, Bambadjan Bamba, Libby Munro, Benedikt Sebastian, Chloë Caro, and Rojawn Khoshnam. The Unsettling opens

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
Out Of This World Trailer Arrives For Sequel To Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth'

Out Of This World Trailer Arrives For Sequel To Sci-Fi Blockbuster ‘The Wandering Earth’

In 2019, the sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth raked in over $700 million at box offices and was hit on Netflix. Trinity CineAsia has just announced that the sequel, The Wandering Earth II, is headed your way later this month. Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs) and Wu Jing (The Battle at Lake Changjin, Wolf Warrior) lead the sequel’s cast, set in the near future. The sun is rapidly expanding and will engulf the earth within 100 years. To ensure the survival of humankind, nations join hands to form an unprecedented, ambitious global project to build powerful engines on the earth’s surface and propel the planet away from impending doom. Meanwhile, protests have broken out to demand the restart of the controversial Digital Life Project, which digitalizes human beings after they have passed. Tensions soon escalate, and the protestors plan to sabotage the Wandering Earth Project by attacking the Ark Space Station… Based on the famous novella by

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
Sink Your Fangs Into The Teaser For Season Two Of "Reginald The Vampire"

Sink Your Fangs Into The Teaser For Season Two Of “Reginald The Vampire”

SYFY and USA have announced that ” Chucky ” will not only”y” get a new season, but “Reginald the Vampire” will also. The news came with a teaser trailer that announced that the series has been renewed for its second season. The series, which is ranked as cable’s number two drama in the Wednesday 10 pm slot, is based on the book series by Johnny B. Truant. Season one is “set in a world populated by beautiful, fit, and vain vampires. Reginald Andres tumbles headlong into it as an unlikely hero who will have to navigate every kind of obstacle – the girl he loves but can’t be with, a bully manager at work, and the vampire chieftain who wants him dead. Fortunately, Reginald discovers he has a few unrecognized powers of his own. A new show with a lot of heart and just enough blood, “Reginald the Vampire” proves the undead life is just as complicated as life itself.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
New Teaser Reveals "Chucky" Will Return For A Third Season

New Teaser Reveals “Chucky” Will Return For A Third Season

Our favorite possessed doll will be back; USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky,” which ranks as one of the top 10 cable series for 2022, has been renewed for a third season! Don Mancini, Nick Antosca, Alex Hedlund, David Kirschner, and Jeff Renfroe executive produce. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces. In season three, “Chucky crosses paths with archenemies, old allies, and new prey as he seeks to inspire fear and mayhem wherever he goes. After his diabolical plan to invade America’s children’s hospitals was foiled in season one, Chucky now seeks revenge on those he holds responsible: surviving teens Jake (Zackary Arthur), Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), and Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), along with his ex Tiffany, now his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, can “Jevon” make it as a couple in the face of adversity at their new Catholic school, not to mention a brand-new onslaught of terror from the demon doll?” We expect Brad Dourif (the voice of Chucky)

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2023
James Cullen Bressack's Horror-Comedy 'Murder, Anyone?' Scores A February Release

James Cullen Bressack’s Horror-Comedy ‘Murder, Anyone?’ Scores A February Release

Director James Cullen Bressack’s well-received film Murder, Anyone?, based on the play by the filmmaker’s late father, Emmy-award winner Gordon Bressack, will be released this February. The feature, an exciting new horror comedy concept about manifestation, stars Kristos Andrews (“The Bay”), Galadriel Stineman (“The Middle”), Maurice LaMarche (“Pinky and the Brain”), Spencer Breslin (The Kid, Zoom), and Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland. In it, two Playwrights are tasked with creating the next avant-garde thriller; but as they write, the story comes to life, and their own emotions and arguments begin to manifest on film. “Adapted from the stage play of the same name, James brings MURDER, ANYONE? to the screen in brilliant, beautiful fashion.” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “The film isn’t just a love letter to unique horror-comedies from the likes of Joe Dante and Kevin Smith but to the talented Gordon, James’s father. He’d be proud of the result.” James Cullen Bressack is known for films such as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
Poster For Addiction Horror 'Craving' Leaves You Wanting More

Poster For Addiction Horror ‘Craving’ Leaves You Wanting More

J Horton’s new horror film, Craving, starring Kevin Caliber, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Al Gomez, Gregory Blair, and Felissa Rose. In the film, “A group of heroin addicts are besieged by a mysterious masked group inside a roadhouse bar. As withdrawn starts to set in, a secret one of them is carrying threatens to destroy them all.” Craving will be coming out in the Spring of 2023 from Indie Rights featuring great practical special effects and full-on creature design by Bravo FX. It is produced by Kevin Caliber, Ashley Undercuffler, Robert Bravo, and Sean Reid and from 50 Caliber Production in association with World One TV. Director J. Horton has directed over 20 independent feature films, including Edges of Darkness, Deathday, Trap, and I Want to Believe. “Craving features some amazing de-aging effects. ‘There are scenes featuring the same characters from 20 years prior. We were originally going to do it with makeup and lighting. But our digital fx guy said

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
New "Friday The 13th" Series "Crystal Lake" Coming To Peacock

New “Friday The 13th” Series “Crystal Lake” Coming To Peacock

After 14 years, The Friday the 13th franchise is back, this timing coming to the small screen with the new “Crystal Lake” series, which serves as a prequel from Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) and A24. Peacock has given the greenlight for the series described as an “expanded prequel” to the original franchise. Variety reports, “The show will be written by Bryan Fuller, who is also the showrunner and an executive producer. Victor Miller, who penned the original film in the franchise, will also executive produce along with Marc Toberoff, Rob Barsamian, and A24.” The cast includes the original Friday the 13th final girl Adrienne King in a recurring role as Alice. Just a heads up, there is also a movie titled Cryatal Lake that is set to be released later this year from writer-director Stephen Dodson. The two are not connected in any way. .

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
Universal Opening New Year-Round Horror Theme Park

Universal Opening New Year-Round Horror Theme Park

Universal Parks and Resorts have been busy making plans for several new parks, a kid-friendly park in Texas, Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida, and get this, a new permanent haunted attraction in Vegas, inspired by their popular Halloween Horror Nights event. Universal described the horror park, whose name has yet to be announced, as featuring a “variety of unique, immersive, fantastic horror-centric experiences” day and night. It will “deliver on the thrills and frights its horror fans have come to love.” The 110,000-square-foot attraction will be continuously updated to include seasonal events and exclusive merchandise. It will be located near the Vegas strip and will be part of the AREA15 entertainment district. We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2023
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