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Movie Review: 'Orphan: First Kill'

Movie Review: ‘Orphan: First Kill’

I’ll admit, when I first learned that a prequel was in the works for the unforgettable and utterly unnerving movie Orphan, I was skeptical on many levels. Now that it’s out today, I can give you my two cents. I was wondering how director William Brent Bell would pull off transforming a now 13 year older Isabelle Fuhrman into an even younger Esther than in the 2009 horror. The answer, a de-aging program, makeup and lighting. Unfortunately, all the special effects just didn’t do the job. The character looks much older in First Kill than she did in the first movie. Which isn’t good seeing that First Kill is meant to be set years prior to the original. Warning mild spoilers! In First Kill we are introduced to the family previous to the one in Orphan. After escaping an asylum, Fuhrman’s character picks a child on a missing persons website and sets out to steal her identity and her family.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2022
Dive Into The Asylum's 'Shark Waters' - Out Now

Dive Into The Asylum’s ‘Shark Waters’ – Out Now

The Asylum, who delivered the Sharknado franchise, is back with a new movie, Shark Waters, from director Jadon Cal. Sink your teeth into the trailer below. In the movie, “Great white sharks attack a fishing charter, ramming a hole in the ship’s hull. With the shoreline miles away, those aboard are forced to fight for their lives before they are either drowned or eaten alive.” Shark Waters, starring Jim Fitzpatrick, Meghan Carrasquillo, and Mike Anderson, is out now in theaters and on digital.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Certified Fresh Serial Killer Thriller 'Watcher' Heads To Shudder

Certified Fresh Serial Killer Thriller ‘Watcher’ Heads To Shudder

Chloe Okuno’s chilling psychological thriller Watcher, co-written by Zach Ford, will soon be streaming exclusively Shudder. It Follows actress Maika Monroe stars alongside Karl Glusman (Love) and Burns Gorman (The Dark Knight Rises) in the film in which Julia (Maika Monroe) joins her husband (Karl Glusman) when he relocates to his family’s native Romania for a new job. Having recently abandoned her acting career, she finds herself frequently alone and unoccupied. One night, people-watching from her picture window, she spots a vague figure in an adjacent building that looks back at her. Soon after, while alone at a local movie theater, Julia’s sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes confident she’s being followed — could it be the same unknown neighbor? Meanwhile, a serial killer called “The Spider” stalks the city. Watcher, which HorrorFuel.com’s Joseph Perry’s called “one of this year’s finest” in his review, lands on Shudder on August 26, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Jenna Ortega Exacts Revenge In The First Teaser Trailer For Tim Burton's "Wednesday"

Jenna Ortega Exacts Revenge In The First Teaser Trailer For Tim Burton’s “Wednesday”

The new trailer from Netflix’s upcoming Tim Burton “Addams Family” spin-off, “Wednesday” is here! In it we see Scream star Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, unleashing revenge on a group of bullies at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her new psychic abilities and solve a murder mystery connected to her family’s past. “Little did I know that I’d be stepping into a nightmare,” Ortega says in the trailer. “Full of mystery, mayhem and murder. I think I’m going to love it here.” “The Addams Family” spin-off also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman in the roles of Morticia and Gomez. “Game of Thrones” actress Gwendoline Christie will play the role of “Larissa Weems,” the principal of Nevermore Academy. The cast also includes Joy Sunday, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Percy Hynes White, Jamie McShane, and Thora Birch, and Riki Lindhome. The series also sees the return of “Addams Family” star Christina Ricci as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
New 'Harbinger' Clip Sends A Cruel Message

New ‘Harbinger’ Clip Sends A Cruel Message

Screen Media’s The Harbinger will soon be released. Today, a new creepy clip was unveiled for the supernatural horror-thriller which urges a woman to kill herself during a heartbreaking scene filled with death. In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy Mills. The Harbinger opens in theaters and premieres On Demand on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Stephen Lang Starring In Lucky McKee's 'Old Man'

Stephen Lang Starring In Lucky McKee’s ‘Old Man’

Odds are when you think of Stephen Lang scenes from Don’t Breathe flood your mind. Well, Lang is back and is set to star in Lucky McKee‘s Old Man, and judging by McKee’s previous films (May, The Woman), it’s going to be intense. “The film unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods. That chance encounter triggers an unimaginable nightmare.” Marc Senter (Starry Eyes), Liana Wright-Mark (Ocean’s 8), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”) co-star in the film written by Joel Veach. Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door), Cameron Burns (Scare Package), and Ashleigh Snead (The Block Island Sound) are producing for Paper Street. Variety is reporting that RLJE Films has now acquired the film and will release it in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on October 14, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Peacock's New 'Vampire Academy" Series

Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Peacock’s New ‘Vampire Academy” Series

Richelle Mead‘s “Vampire Academy,” based on her six-book collection, is getting a new series adaptation from Peacock. “Friendship, romance, and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. ” Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, Andre Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner star in the new series. Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies) and Marguerite MacIntyre adapted the series and serve as showrunners, as well as writers and executive producers. Directors include Bille Woodruff, Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton, Geoff Shotz, and Julie Plec. Peacock’s “Vampire Academy” premieres on September 15, 2022. Now, sink

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
New Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Alternate' Takes You To Another Reality

New Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Alternate’ Takes You To Another Reality

Uncork’d Entertainment is set to release Alrik Bursell’s highly-anticipated sci-fi thriller The Alternate this September. Ahead of its arrival, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “Jake, a videographer, discovers a portal to another dimension in which he has everything he has always wanted: the perfect version of his wife, the career of his dreams, and the daughter he never had. He starts traveling back and forth between these two worlds but soon sees that his alternate is not as perfect as he seems, and perfection comes with a price.” Produced by Jeffrey Allard, the executive producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the film stars Ed Gonzalez Moreno, Natalia Dominguez, and Syra McCarthy. It was written by director Bursell, who has directed five short films including Strange Thing, which played at over 20 film festivals worldwide. The Alternate will be released on DVD and Digital on September 6, 2022. Check out the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022
Shudder's Horror-Thriller 'Speak No Evil' Debuts This Week

Chilling New Trailer For Horror ‘Speak No Evil’ Will Leave You Speechless

Ahead of its September release, a new chilling trailer is here for the highly-anticipated psychological horror Speak No Evil, from Shudder and IFC Midnight. In Speak No Evil, while on a vacation in Tuscany, two families – Danish and one Dutch – meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn’t take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric…or is it sinister…behavior. An official selection of Sundance Midnight 2022, Speak No Evil is written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (A Horrible Woman) and has also played the Goteborg Film Festival 2022, Seattle International Film Festival 2022, Chicago Critics Film Festival,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022
WWIII Set Movie 'Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs' Unleashes Action-Packed Trailer

WWIII Set Movie ‘Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs’ Unleashes Action-Packed Trailer

Uncork’d Entertainment has now released the trailer for director Scott Jeffrey’s prehistoric adventure Kingdom of the Dinosaurs. Scripted by Jeffrey (Cupid, Mummy Reborn), the pic is set in 2030 during World War III in which a small group of survivors makes it into a bunker. Two years later they have to exit to find new supplies, but they are greeted by dinosaur predators. The film marks the collaboration between Scott Jeffrey and Uncork’d Entertainment, who have released several of the genre filmmaker’s productions, including recent fellow dino-feature JURASSIC ISLAND. Producers Scott Jeffrey and Rhys Waterfield of Jagged Edge Productions negotiated the deal on behalf of the film team with Keith Leopard of Uncork’d Entertainment. The film, starring Mark Haldor, Darcie Rose, and Chelsea Greenwood, will be released on Digital and DVD on September 6, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022

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Movie Review: 'Orphan: First Kill'

Movie Review: ‘Orphan: First Kill’

I’ll admit, when I first learned that a prequel was in the works for the unforgettable and utterly unnerving movie Orphan, I was skeptical on many levels. Now that it’s out today, I can give you my two cents. I was wondering how director William Brent Bell would pull off transforming a now 13 year older Isabelle Fuhrman into an even younger Esther than in the 2009 horror. The answer, a de-aging program, makeup and lighting. Unfortunately, all the special effects just didn’t do the job. The character looks much older in First Kill than she did in the first movie. Which isn’t good seeing that First Kill is meant to be set years prior to the original. Warning mild spoilers! In First Kill we are introduced to the family previous to the one in Orphan. After escaping an asylum, Fuhrman’s character picks a child on a missing persons website and sets out to steal her identity and her family.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2022
Dive Into The Asylum's 'Shark Waters' - Out Now

Dive Into The Asylum’s ‘Shark Waters’ – Out Now

The Asylum, who delivered the Sharknado franchise, is back with a new movie, Shark Waters, from director Jadon Cal. Sink your teeth into the trailer below. In the movie, “Great white sharks attack a fishing charter, ramming a hole in the ship’s hull. With the shoreline miles away, those aboard are forced to fight for their lives before they are either drowned or eaten alive.” Shark Waters, starring Jim Fitzpatrick, Meghan Carrasquillo, and Mike Anderson, is out now in theaters and on digital.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Certified Fresh Serial Killer Thriller 'Watcher' Heads To Shudder

Certified Fresh Serial Killer Thriller ‘Watcher’ Heads To Shudder

Chloe Okuno’s chilling psychological thriller Watcher, co-written by Zach Ford, will soon be streaming exclusively Shudder. It Follows actress Maika Monroe stars alongside Karl Glusman (Love) and Burns Gorman (The Dark Knight Rises) in the film in which Julia (Maika Monroe) joins her husband (Karl Glusman) when he relocates to his family’s native Romania for a new job. Having recently abandoned her acting career, she finds herself frequently alone and unoccupied. One night, people-watching from her picture window, she spots a vague figure in an adjacent building that looks back at her. Soon after, while alone at a local movie theater, Julia’s sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes confident she’s being followed — could it be the same unknown neighbor? Meanwhile, a serial killer called “The Spider” stalks the city. Watcher, which HorrorFuel.com’s Joseph Perry’s called “one of this year’s finest” in his review, lands on Shudder on August 26, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Jenna Ortega Exacts Revenge In The First Teaser Trailer For Tim Burton's "Wednesday"

Jenna Ortega Exacts Revenge In The First Teaser Trailer For Tim Burton’s “Wednesday”

The new trailer from Netflix’s upcoming Tim Burton “Addams Family” spin-off, “Wednesday” is here! In it we see Scream star Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, unleashing revenge on a group of bullies at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her new psychic abilities and solve a murder mystery connected to her family’s past. “Little did I know that I’d be stepping into a nightmare,” Ortega says in the trailer. “Full of mystery, mayhem and murder. I think I’m going to love it here.” “The Addams Family” spin-off also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman in the roles of Morticia and Gomez. “Game of Thrones” actress Gwendoline Christie will play the role of “Larissa Weems,” the principal of Nevermore Academy. The cast also includes Joy Sunday, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Percy Hynes White, Jamie McShane, and Thora Birch, and Riki Lindhome. The series also sees the return of “Addams Family” star Christina Ricci as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
New 'Harbinger' Clip Sends A Cruel Message

New ‘Harbinger’ Clip Sends A Cruel Message

Screen Media’s The Harbinger will soon be released. Today, a new creepy clip was unveiled for the supernatural horror-thriller which urges a woman to kill herself during a heartbreaking scene filled with death. In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy Mills. The Harbinger opens in theaters and premieres On Demand on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Stephen Lang Starring In Lucky McKee's 'Old Man'

Stephen Lang Starring In Lucky McKee’s ‘Old Man’

Odds are when you think of Stephen Lang scenes from Don’t Breathe flood your mind. Well, Lang is back and is set to star in Lucky McKee‘s Old Man, and judging by McKee’s previous films (May, The Woman), it’s going to be intense. “The film unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods. That chance encounter triggers an unimaginable nightmare.” Marc Senter (Starry Eyes), Liana Wright-Mark (Ocean’s 8), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”) co-star in the film written by Joel Veach. Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door), Cameron Burns (Scare Package), and Ashleigh Snead (The Block Island Sound) are producing for Paper Street. Variety is reporting that RLJE Films has now acquired the film and will release it in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on October 14, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Peacock's New 'Vampire Academy" Series

Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Peacock’s New ‘Vampire Academy” Series

Richelle Mead‘s “Vampire Academy,” based on her six-book collection, is getting a new series adaptation from Peacock. “Friendship, romance, and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. ” Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, Andre Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner star in the new series. Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies) and Marguerite MacIntyre adapted the series and serve as showrunners, as well as writers and executive producers. Directors include Bille Woodruff, Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton, Geoff Shotz, and Julie Plec. Peacock’s “Vampire Academy” premieres on September 15, 2022. Now, sink

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2022
New Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Alternate' Takes You To Another Reality

New Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Alternate’ Takes You To Another Reality

Uncork’d Entertainment is set to release Alrik Bursell’s highly-anticipated sci-fi thriller The Alternate this September. Ahead of its arrival, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “Jake, a videographer, discovers a portal to another dimension in which he has everything he has always wanted: the perfect version of his wife, the career of his dreams, and the daughter he never had. He starts traveling back and forth between these two worlds but soon sees that his alternate is not as perfect as he seems, and perfection comes with a price.” Produced by Jeffrey Allard, the executive producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the film stars Ed Gonzalez Moreno, Natalia Dominguez, and Syra McCarthy. It was written by director Bursell, who has directed five short films including Strange Thing, which played at over 20 film festivals worldwide. The Alternate will be released on DVD and Digital on September 6, 2022. Check out the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022
Shudder's Horror-Thriller 'Speak No Evil' Debuts This Week

Chilling New Trailer For Horror ‘Speak No Evil’ Will Leave You Speechless

Ahead of its September release, a new chilling trailer is here for the highly-anticipated psychological horror Speak No Evil, from Shudder and IFC Midnight. In Speak No Evil, while on a vacation in Tuscany, two families – Danish and one Dutch – meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn’t take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric…or is it sinister…behavior. An official selection of Sundance Midnight 2022, Speak No Evil is written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (A Horrible Woman) and has also played the Goteborg Film Festival 2022, Seattle International Film Festival 2022, Chicago Critics Film Festival,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022
WWIII Set Movie 'Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs' Unleashes Action-Packed Trailer

WWIII Set Movie ‘Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs’ Unleashes Action-Packed Trailer

Uncork’d Entertainment has now released the trailer for director Scott Jeffrey’s prehistoric adventure Kingdom of the Dinosaurs. Scripted by Jeffrey (Cupid, Mummy Reborn), the pic is set in 2030 during World War III in which a small group of survivors makes it into a bunker. Two years later they have to exit to find new supplies, but they are greeted by dinosaur predators. The film marks the collaboration between Scott Jeffrey and Uncork’d Entertainment, who have released several of the genre filmmaker’s productions, including recent fellow dino-feature JURASSIC ISLAND. Producers Scott Jeffrey and Rhys Waterfield of Jagged Edge Productions negotiated the deal on behalf of the film team with Keith Leopard of Uncork’d Entertainment. The film, starring Mark Haldor, Darcie Rose, and Chelsea Greenwood, will be released on Digital and DVD on September 6, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2022
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