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Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film 'Stay Pretty, No Pity' Now

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
"Chucky" Renewed Ahead Of This Week's Finale!

“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!

Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Sequel 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse' Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer

Sequel ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer

A new Wyrmwood movie is headed your way and we’ve got the new badass, gory trailer. Titled Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, the sequel is set in the zombie-infested Australian wasteland where a soldier named Rhys (Luke Mckenzie) has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors in hopes of finding a cure. Rhys teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The sequel to 2015’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Apocalypse stars Kiah Roache-Turner, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Nicholas Boshier, Bianca Bradey, and Jay Gallagher. XYZ Films will release Wyrmwood: Apocalyse sometime next year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

Devon Sawa, who stars in season one of SyFy and USA’s “Chucky” series, recently revealed during an interview with the Boo Crew Podcast that he’s starring in the upcoming secret horror film from the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s basically about… it’s the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre… some of the makers, there’s a lot of makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I’ve learned. My character is out in the woods, kidnapping hikers, killing them and rotting their bodies to feed to this monster. And I pick up a couple of hikers… it’s just the three of us in this bunker. It’s got a very psychological… my guy’s almost like a Kurtz character in Apocalypse Now… he’s gone a little bit kooky and it’s really cool. It’s a cool project.” At the moment, that’s all we know about the movie. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Sawa, made famous by his roles in Final Destination and Idle Hands, stars

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Jared Leto Joins The Cast Of Disney's 'Haunted Mansion'

Jared Leto Boards Ghost Ship Horror ‘Adrift’

Jared Leto is not wasting any time following his role in this year’s Morbius. He has now boarded the upcoming ghost ship movie Adrift, which we reported earlier this year. Now, it’s been announced that the movie has entered production. In the movie, based on the novel by Kôji Suzuki, a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why it is called it a “Ghost Ship.” Adrift is directed and co-written by Darren Aronofsky, who brought you Mother! and Black Swan. Luke Dawson (The Lazarus Effect, Shutter) co-wrote the script. Jason Blum is producing. After several delays, Marvel’s Morbius is finally set to open in theaters on January 28, 2022. Leto stars as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2021
Watch The First Seven Minutes Of 'Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage'

Watch The First Seven Minutes Of ‘Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage’

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will be out on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD next month. Sony wants to give you a taste of the action now and has released the first seven minutes of the action-packed flick which you can watch below. In the sequel, crazed serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) gets a lethal injection, only to survive and have his red symbiote awakened, transforming him into Carnage. What ensues is an all-out war between Carnage and Venom (Tom Hardy). Andy Serkis is in the director’s chair this time instead of Ruben Fleisher, who directed the 2018 film that brought in $855 million globally. Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, and Naom Harris also star along with Hardy and Harrelson. Written by Kelly Marcel, based on a story by Marcel and Hardy, the movie is produced by Marcel, Hardy, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, and Hutch Parker with Barry Waldman, Jonathan Cavendish, Ruben Fleischer, Edward Cheng, and Howard Chen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2021
Guillermo Del Toro's Award-Winning Thriller 'Nightmare Alley' Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Guillermo Del Torro Takes Us To ‘Nightmare Alley’ This December

Guillermo del Toro’s new film Nightmare Alley, rated “R” for “Strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity, and language.” debuts this December. The all-star cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn. In the film, an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, “An ambitious young carny (Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.” This is not the first time the story has made it to the big screen, it was first made into a film back in 1947 by director Edmund Goulding and starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Nightmare Alley was written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan and will open in theaters on December 17, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021
True Story Inspired Horror 'The Last Rite' Is Now Out On Digital

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Last Rite’ Is Now Out On Digital

Professional wrestler Leroy Kincaide makes his directorial debut with the possession horror The Last Rite, based on true events. In the film, written by Kincade, Lucy (Bethan Waller), a study from home medical student and sleep paralysis victim, moves in with her boyfriend and finds out all is not as it seems. Soon she falls prey to a demonic force hell-bent on ripping her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, Lucy is left with no alternative but to contact a local priest, Father Roberts for help. With time running out and the dark force consuming her from inside, Father Roberts is forced to make a choice, do the right thing and get the church involved, or help Lucy by conducting his own exorcism against the will of the church. ​ Waller stars alongside Johnny Fleming, Kit Smith, Tara Hoyos-Martinez, and Ian Macnaughton. The Last Rite debuted on Digital and On Demand on November 26, 2021. We highly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021
Horror Thriller 'Repossession' Set For December Release

Horror Thriller ‘Repossession’ Set For December Release

Gravitas Ventures is set to release the genre-bending film festival favorite Repossession, from directors Goh Ming Siu and Scott C.Hillyard, the December. The provocative horror-thriller fixes on 50-year-old Jim who has constructed a perfect life in the world’s most expensive city. When he is unexpectedly laid off, he desperately clings to the symbols of his success, while wrestling with resurfacing demons from his past. In the tradition of Get Out and Parasite, Repossession stars Gerald Chew, Amy J Cheng, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Rachel Wan, and Matthew Loo. Witness the intense horror-thriller Repossession on Digital on December 21, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021
Something Evil Is Unleashed In 'Woodland Grey' (Clip & Trailer)

Something Evil Is Unleashed In ‘Woodland Grey’ (Clip & Trailer)

We’ve got a new clip and trailer for director Adam Reider‘s Woodland Grey which made its World Premiere at the Blood in the Snow film festival earlier this month. Written by Reider and Jesse Toufexis, Woodland Grey stars Jenny Raven, Ryan Blakely, and Art Hindle, and is produced by Arrow in the Head founder John Fallon. In the film, “A man living alone in the deep woods finds Emily, a hiker, unconscious and laying on the forest floor. He brings her back to his home and helps her get back to health so she can leave the forest and get home. After a few tense days coexisting, Emily makes a discovery. She finds a crudely built shed behind the man’s home. When she opens it, she unleashes something truly haunting. As Emily and the man come to terms with what has been released, they also attempt to find a way out of the forest which isn’t exactly what it seems.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021

More from Kelli Marchman McNeely

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film 'Stay Pretty, No Pity' Now

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
"Chucky" Renewed Ahead Of This Week's Finale!

“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!

Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Sequel 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse' Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer

Sequel ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer

A new Wyrmwood movie is headed your way and we’ve got the new badass, gory trailer. Titled Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, the sequel is set in the zombie-infested Australian wasteland where a soldier named Rhys (Luke Mckenzie) has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors in hopes of finding a cure. Rhys teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The sequel to 2015’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Apocalypse stars Kiah Roache-Turner, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Nicholas Boshier, Bianca Bradey, and Jay Gallagher. XYZ Films will release Wyrmwood: Apocalyse sometime next year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

Devon Sawa, who stars in season one of SyFy and USA’s “Chucky” series, recently revealed during an interview with the Boo Crew Podcast that he’s starring in the upcoming secret horror film from the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s basically about… it’s the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre… some of the makers, there’s a lot of makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I’ve learned. My character is out in the woods, kidnapping hikers, killing them and rotting their bodies to feed to this monster. And I pick up a couple of hikers… it’s just the three of us in this bunker. It’s got a very psychological… my guy’s almost like a Kurtz character in Apocalypse Now… he’s gone a little bit kooky and it’s really cool. It’s a cool project.” At the moment, that’s all we know about the movie. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Sawa, made famous by his roles in Final Destination and Idle Hands, stars

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
Jared Leto Joins The Cast Of Disney's 'Haunted Mansion'

Jared Leto Boards Ghost Ship Horror ‘Adrift’

Jared Leto is not wasting any time following his role in this year’s Morbius. He has now boarded the upcoming ghost ship movie Adrift, which we reported earlier this year. Now, it’s been announced that the movie has entered production. In the movie, based on the novel by Kôji Suzuki, a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why it is called it a “Ghost Ship.” Adrift is directed and co-written by Darren Aronofsky, who brought you Mother! and Black Swan. Luke Dawson (The Lazarus Effect, Shutter) co-wrote the script. Jason Blum is producing. After several delays, Marvel’s Morbius is finally set to open in theaters on January 28, 2022. Leto stars as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2021
Watch The First Seven Minutes Of 'Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage'

Watch The First Seven Minutes Of ‘Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage’

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will be out on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD next month. Sony wants to give you a taste of the action now and has released the first seven minutes of the action-packed flick which you can watch below. In the sequel, crazed serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) gets a lethal injection, only to survive and have his red symbiote awakened, transforming him into Carnage. What ensues is an all-out war between Carnage and Venom (Tom Hardy). Andy Serkis is in the director’s chair this time instead of Ruben Fleisher, who directed the 2018 film that brought in $855 million globally. Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, and Naom Harris also star along with Hardy and Harrelson. Written by Kelly Marcel, based on a story by Marcel and Hardy, the movie is produced by Marcel, Hardy, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, and Hutch Parker with Barry Waldman, Jonathan Cavendish, Ruben Fleischer, Edward Cheng, and Howard Chen

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2021
Guillermo Del Toro's Award-Winning Thriller 'Nightmare Alley' Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Guillermo Del Torro Takes Us To ‘Nightmare Alley’ This December

Guillermo del Toro’s new film Nightmare Alley, rated “R” for “Strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity, and language.” debuts this December. The all-star cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn. In the film, an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, “An ambitious young carny (Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.” This is not the first time the story has made it to the big screen, it was first made into a film back in 1947 by director Edmund Goulding and starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Nightmare Alley was written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan and will open in theaters on December 17, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021
True Story Inspired Horror 'The Last Rite' Is Now Out On Digital

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Last Rite’ Is Now Out On Digital

Professional wrestler Leroy Kincaide makes his directorial debut with the possession horror The Last Rite, based on true events. In the film, written by Kincade, Lucy (Bethan Waller), a study from home medical student and sleep paralysis victim, moves in with her boyfriend and finds out all is not as it seems. Soon she falls prey to a demonic force hell-bent on ripping her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, Lucy is left with no alternative but to contact a local priest, Father Roberts for help. With time running out and the dark force consuming her from inside, Father Roberts is forced to make a choice, do the right thing and get the church involved, or help Lucy by conducting his own exorcism against the will of the church. ​ Waller stars alongside Johnny Fleming, Kit Smith, Tara Hoyos-Martinez, and Ian Macnaughton. The Last Rite debuted on Digital and On Demand on November 26, 2021. We highly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021
Horror Thriller 'Repossession' Set For December Release

Horror Thriller ‘Repossession’ Set For December Release

Gravitas Ventures is set to release the genre-bending film festival favorite Repossession, from directors Goh Ming Siu and Scott C.Hillyard, the December. The provocative horror-thriller fixes on 50-year-old Jim who has constructed a perfect life in the world’s most expensive city. When he is unexpectedly laid off, he desperately clings to the symbols of his success, while wrestling with resurfacing demons from his past. In the tradition of Get Out and Parasite, Repossession stars Gerald Chew, Amy J Cheng, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Rachel Wan, and Matthew Loo. Witness the intense horror-thriller Repossession on Digital on December 21, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021
Something Evil Is Unleashed In 'Woodland Grey' (Clip & Trailer)

Something Evil Is Unleashed In ‘Woodland Grey’ (Clip & Trailer)

We’ve got a new clip and trailer for director Adam Reider‘s Woodland Grey which made its World Premiere at the Blood in the Snow film festival earlier this month. Written by Reider and Jesse Toufexis, Woodland Grey stars Jenny Raven, Ryan Blakely, and Art Hindle, and is produced by Arrow in the Head founder John Fallon. In the film, “A man living alone in the deep woods finds Emily, a hiker, unconscious and laying on the forest floor. He brings her back to his home and helps her get back to health so she can leave the forest and get home. After a few tense days coexisting, Emily makes a discovery. She finds a crudely built shed behind the man’s home. When she opens it, she unleashes something truly haunting. As Emily and the man come to terms with what has been released, they also attempt to find a way out of the forest which isn’t exactly what it seems.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021
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