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A ‘Puppet Killer’ Is On The Loose This November

A ‘Puppet Killer’ Is On The Loose This November

Listen out for slay-bells as Puppet Killer is coming to town. Central City Media has today confirmed that the yuletide horror-comedy will be released on Digital Download this November. Pulling the strings of Puppet Killer is director Lisa Ovies. The film is an Aleks Paunovic (Numb, War For The Planet of the Apes), and stars Lee Majdoub (Sonic The Hedgehog, Dirk Gently), and Lisa Durupt (Love Guaranteed). Guaranteed to knock the stuffing out of you, Puppet Killer will be available on all major digital platforms from 29th November. It’s the classic ‘cabin in the woods‘ tale of teenagers (who are 100% teenage actors despite what IMDb may tell you) being assailed by a menacing pink and fluffy plush toy – that old Chesnut. For seven-year-old Jamie, watching horror movies with his loving parents and his fuzzy pink puppet, Simon, is a beloved Christmas tradition. Unfortunately, that all ends when his mother dies of cancer and his father marries a new

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley Reunite For ‘Hayride To Hell’

Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley Reunite For ‘Hayride To Hell’

Genre legends Kane Hodder and Bill “Chop Top” Moseley who starred in Old 37 together, reunite to headline in the upcoming horror film, Hayride To Hell, which has now begun filming in Southeastern Pennsylvania. An original, darkly comic, gruesome revenge story, the film stars horror stalwarts, Kane Hodder, as Sheriff Jubell (Friday the 13th Part VII) and Bill Moseley as Farmer Sam (The Devil’s Rejects). Written by Bob Lange and Kristina Chadwick, the movie is from director-producer Dan Lantz, whose most recent movie, Alpha Rift, is set to premiere on November 19, 2021. In the film, a farmer (Moseley) takes his revenge in grand fashion on the unscrupulous town folk who try to steal his farm. Other cast members include Graham Wolfe (The Punisher, Mr. Robot, For Life) as Nixler, Amy Rutledge (Rent-A-Pal) as Patty, and Brooke Stacy Mills (Law Abiding Citizen). Tom McCoy serves as Director of Photography. Dan Lantz, Rob Margolies, and Gretel Snyder (Star Trek: Renegades) produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Shudder Shares New Clip From 'The Advent Calander' Ahead Of Its Release

Shudder Moves Up Premiere Of French Horror Film ‘The Advent Calander’

Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural has announced a new release date for writer-director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. In the film, “Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.” The Advent Calendar, which

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Dee Wallace Joins The Cast Of Demonic Horror Thriller ‘Incubus: New Beginnings’

Dee Wallace Joins The Cast Of Demonic Horror Thriller ‘Incubus: New Beginnings’

Horror icon Dee Wallace has joined the cast of the upcoming demonic horror-thriller Incubus: New Beginnings. Incubus: New Beginnings centers on six college friends in their late thirties who reunite to support one of their own going through a divorce. An Incubus demon enlists the aid of two ghosts to help terrorize them as he seeks to impregnate the women and take their babies back to hell. Eubank stars as the divorcee, surrounded by her friends (Swisyzinna, Jones, Summers, Keith) as the weekend getaway turns into a fight for their souls. Wallace, who plays Zura Valentine, a demonologist who comes to the group’s aid, stars alongside Natalie Jones, Kristin Keith, Krystal Summers, Will Colburn, Lorraine Eubank, and Robb Hudspeth. Terry Aderholt will both direct and produce the film which he also wrote. Israel Luna (Dead Don’t Die in Dallas) will produce under his LaLuna Entertainment banner. Stuart Alson and Nicole Holland of ITN Distribution will executive produce and distribute Incubus:

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
This Week, Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘Ankle Biters’

This Week, Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘Ankle Biters’

A group of young sisters set out on a campaign of terror against their mom’s new boyfriend in the new horror-comedy Ankle Biters (aka Cherrypicker), being released this week. In the movie, Sean, a pro hockey enforcer, has fallen in love with Laura, a widowed mother of four young daughters. When Laura’s children mistake an act of lovemaking as abuse, they plot to protect their mother at all costs. Directed by Bennet De Brabandere, Ankle Biters stars Zion Forrest Lee, Marianthi Evans, Lily Gail Reid, Violet Reid, Rosalee Reid, and Dahlia Reid. Watch out for Ankle Biters, which we called “as entertaining as it is vicious” in our review, on DVD and On Demand on November 16, 2021, from Dark Star Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” which is now headed your way and we’ve got the final trailer for the dark, English subtitled series that gives us a glimpse of creatures that appear before the damned to deliver an ultimatum of when they’ll return. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Disney+ Unveils New Teaser For The Marvel Series ‘Moon Knight’

Disney+ Unveils New Teaser For The Marvel Series ‘Moon Knight’

Dune star Oscar Isaac becomes Moon Knight in the new teaser for the upcoming MCU/Disney+ series of the same name that features Ethan Hawke as the lead villain. Mohamed Diab (Clash) is both directing along with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution, Spring, V/H/S: Viral, The Endless), as well as serving as showrunner. The Moon Knight character was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night #32 in August of 1975, before getting his own comic in the early 80s. In the comics, Marc Spector is an ex-mercenary and boxer turned superhero, Moon Knight, after dying and being brought back to life by the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu. To hide his identity he creates the alter ego of high-roller and playboy Steven Grant. He also uses the identity of taxi driver Jake Lockley to obtain information from lower-level contacts. Moon Knight frequently goes head to head with the evil syndicate known as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Anthology "13 Slays Till X-Mas' Slashes Its Way Onto Tubi!

Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till Christmas’ Slashes Its Way Onto Prime

Blood Moon Picture’s killer indie holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas has just made its premiere on Amazon Prime. 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar in a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks (interview), the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories, interview) and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Robert Kern III, Carlos Omar De Leon

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘The Scrapper’ Unleashes Violent New Trailer Ahead Of December Release

We’ve got the new trailer for Bari Kang‘s violent crime thriller The Scrapper, out this December on Digital. Set in Queens, New York City, a criminal playing-field of modern immigrant syndicates participates in human-trafficking, money-laundering, and unflinching brutality. Uncomfortable in his Punjabi-Mexican skin, ex-con turned ‘scrapper’ Jake carries the weight of both his family legacy and a violent past. Caring for a mentally-challenged brother and an unborn child on the way, he is focused on turning his life around. When one last job presents a way out for good, he must decide between loyalty to blood ties or to his newfound family. His past soon catches up with him and he’s thrown into the middle of a conflict between Punjabi and Mexican factions led by violent, ruthless criminals. As events explode into brutal violence, with everyone he loves at stake, he may need to go to his own darkest places to finally escape. The thriller is led by a diverse

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Watch The New Trailer For BritBox’s Killer Series ‘Reyka’

BritBox, a streaming service from the BBC and iTV, has announced the debut of their dark, brutal, suspense-filled series “Reyka”. The series follows a flawed but brilliant South African criminal profiler, Reyka Gama (Kim Engelbrecht, “The Flash,” “Dominion”) who is haunted by her past. Having been abducted as a child by a farmer named Angus Speelman (Iain Glen, “Game of Thrones”), Reyka is traumatized by the experience – but this also helps her enter the minds of the world’s most notorious criminals and turn them inside out. In Reyka, she returns home to investigate a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer in the sugar cane fields of Kwa-Zulu-Natal. “Rayka” premieres on November 16, 2021, on BritBox from creator Rohan Dickson (“Professionals”).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021

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A ‘Puppet Killer’ Is On The Loose This November

A ‘Puppet Killer’ Is On The Loose This November

Listen out for slay-bells as Puppet Killer is coming to town. Central City Media has today confirmed that the yuletide horror-comedy will be released on Digital Download this November. Pulling the strings of Puppet Killer is director Lisa Ovies. The film is an Aleks Paunovic (Numb, War For The Planet of the Apes), and stars Lee Majdoub (Sonic The Hedgehog, Dirk Gently), and Lisa Durupt (Love Guaranteed). Guaranteed to knock the stuffing out of you, Puppet Killer will be available on all major digital platforms from 29th November. It’s the classic ‘cabin in the woods‘ tale of teenagers (who are 100% teenage actors despite what IMDb may tell you) being assailed by a menacing pink and fluffy plush toy – that old Chesnut. For seven-year-old Jamie, watching horror movies with his loving parents and his fuzzy pink puppet, Simon, is a beloved Christmas tradition. Unfortunately, that all ends when his mother dies of cancer and his father marries a new

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley Reunite For ‘Hayride To Hell’

Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley Reunite For ‘Hayride To Hell’

Genre legends Kane Hodder and Bill “Chop Top” Moseley who starred in Old 37 together, reunite to headline in the upcoming horror film, Hayride To Hell, which has now begun filming in Southeastern Pennsylvania. An original, darkly comic, gruesome revenge story, the film stars horror stalwarts, Kane Hodder, as Sheriff Jubell (Friday the 13th Part VII) and Bill Moseley as Farmer Sam (The Devil’s Rejects). Written by Bob Lange and Kristina Chadwick, the movie is from director-producer Dan Lantz, whose most recent movie, Alpha Rift, is set to premiere on November 19, 2021. In the film, a farmer (Moseley) takes his revenge in grand fashion on the unscrupulous town folk who try to steal his farm. Other cast members include Graham Wolfe (The Punisher, Mr. Robot, For Life) as Nixler, Amy Rutledge (Rent-A-Pal) as Patty, and Brooke Stacy Mills (Law Abiding Citizen). Tom McCoy serves as Director of Photography. Dan Lantz, Rob Margolies, and Gretel Snyder (Star Trek: Renegades) produce.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Shudder Shares New Clip From 'The Advent Calander' Ahead Of Its Release

Shudder Moves Up Premiere Of French Horror Film ‘The Advent Calander’

Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural has announced a new release date for writer-director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. In the film, “Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.” The Advent Calendar, which

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Dee Wallace Joins The Cast Of Demonic Horror Thriller ‘Incubus: New Beginnings’

Dee Wallace Joins The Cast Of Demonic Horror Thriller ‘Incubus: New Beginnings’

Horror icon Dee Wallace has joined the cast of the upcoming demonic horror-thriller Incubus: New Beginnings. Incubus: New Beginnings centers on six college friends in their late thirties who reunite to support one of their own going through a divorce. An Incubus demon enlists the aid of two ghosts to help terrorize them as he seeks to impregnate the women and take their babies back to hell. Eubank stars as the divorcee, surrounded by her friends (Swisyzinna, Jones, Summers, Keith) as the weekend getaway turns into a fight for their souls. Wallace, who plays Zura Valentine, a demonologist who comes to the group’s aid, stars alongside Natalie Jones, Kristin Keith, Krystal Summers, Will Colburn, Lorraine Eubank, and Robb Hudspeth. Terry Aderholt will both direct and produce the film which he also wrote. Israel Luna (Dead Don’t Die in Dallas) will produce under his LaLuna Entertainment banner. Stuart Alson and Nicole Holland of ITN Distribution will executive produce and distribute Incubus:

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
This Week, Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘Ankle Biters’

This Week, Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘Ankle Biters’

A group of young sisters set out on a campaign of terror against their mom’s new boyfriend in the new horror-comedy Ankle Biters (aka Cherrypicker), being released this week. In the movie, Sean, a pro hockey enforcer, has fallen in love with Laura, a widowed mother of four young daughters. When Laura’s children mistake an act of lovemaking as abuse, they plot to protect their mother at all costs. Directed by Bennet De Brabandere, Ankle Biters stars Zion Forrest Lee, Marianthi Evans, Lily Gail Reid, Violet Reid, Rosalee Reid, and Dahlia Reid. Watch out for Ankle Biters, which we called “as entertaining as it is vicious” in our review, on DVD and On Demand on November 16, 2021, from Dark Star Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” which is now headed your way and we’ve got the final trailer for the dark, English subtitled series that gives us a glimpse of creatures that appear before the damned to deliver an ultimatum of when they’ll return. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Disney+ Unveils New Teaser For The Marvel Series ‘Moon Knight’

Disney+ Unveils New Teaser For The Marvel Series ‘Moon Knight’

Dune star Oscar Isaac becomes Moon Knight in the new teaser for the upcoming MCU/Disney+ series of the same name that features Ethan Hawke as the lead villain. Mohamed Diab (Clash) is both directing along with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution, Spring, V/H/S: Viral, The Endless), as well as serving as showrunner. The Moon Knight character was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night #32 in August of 1975, before getting his own comic in the early 80s. In the comics, Marc Spector is an ex-mercenary and boxer turned superhero, Moon Knight, after dying and being brought back to life by the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu. To hide his identity he creates the alter ego of high-roller and playboy Steven Grant. He also uses the identity of taxi driver Jake Lockley to obtain information from lower-level contacts. Moon Knight frequently goes head to head with the evil syndicate known as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Anthology "13 Slays Till X-Mas' Slashes Its Way Onto Tubi!

Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till Christmas’ Slashes Its Way Onto Prime

Blood Moon Picture’s killer indie holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas has just made its premiere on Amazon Prime. 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar in a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks (interview), the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories, interview) and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Robert Kern III, Carlos Omar De Leon

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘The Scrapper’ Unleashes Violent New Trailer Ahead Of December Release

We’ve got the new trailer for Bari Kang‘s violent crime thriller The Scrapper, out this December on Digital. Set in Queens, New York City, a criminal playing-field of modern immigrant syndicates participates in human-trafficking, money-laundering, and unflinching brutality. Uncomfortable in his Punjabi-Mexican skin, ex-con turned ‘scrapper’ Jake carries the weight of both his family legacy and a violent past. Caring for a mentally-challenged brother and an unborn child on the way, he is focused on turning his life around. When one last job presents a way out for good, he must decide between loyalty to blood ties or to his newfound family. His past soon catches up with him and he’s thrown into the middle of a conflict between Punjabi and Mexican factions led by violent, ruthless criminals. As events explode into brutal violence, with everyone he loves at stake, he may need to go to his own darkest places to finally escape. The thriller is led by a diverse

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Watch The New Trailer For BritBox’s Killer Series ‘Reyka’

BritBox, a streaming service from the BBC and iTV, has announced the debut of their dark, brutal, suspense-filled series “Reyka”. The series follows a flawed but brilliant South African criminal profiler, Reyka Gama (Kim Engelbrecht, “The Flash,” “Dominion”) who is haunted by her past. Having been abducted as a child by a farmer named Angus Speelman (Iain Glen, “Game of Thrones”), Reyka is traumatized by the experience – but this also helps her enter the minds of the world’s most notorious criminals and turn them inside out. In Reyka, she returns home to investigate a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer in the sugar cane fields of Kwa-Zulu-Natal. “Rayka” premieres on November 16, 2021, on BritBox from creator Rohan Dickson (“Professionals”).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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