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True Crime Documentary ‘The Acid King’ Explores A Sacrificial Murder

True Crime Documentary ‘The Acid King’ Explores A Sacrificial Murder

Ahead of its November release, we’ve got the new trailer for The Acid King, a true-crime documentary based on Ricky Kasso, the young man who murdered his friend in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” in 1984. Directed by Dan Jones and Jesse P. Pollack whose book the film is based on, the documentary examines Kasso’s life and hardships that may have made him a killer as well as the murder Kasso committed and the trial. Ricky Kasso wasn’t a bad kid, but he was lost. To feel better, he started smoking pot, moving on from that to PCP and LSD. He ended up living on the streets and thinking he had nothing to lose. Gary Lauwers went from being a victim of bullying to using drugs to fit in, and finally robbery—but then he made the mistake of stealing from Ricky, and from that moment on, his fate was sealed.” Pollack states in his book. “A few months later, Gary went

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Bruce Campbell & Devon Sawa Battle Infected Customers In The ‘Black Friday’ Trailer

Bruce Campbell & Devon Sawa Battle Infected Customers In The ‘Black Friday’ Trailer

Screen Media Films is capitalizing on the biggest shopping day of the year and adding a dose of horror in their upcoming movie Black Friday starring none other than Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead franchise). Devon Sawa (Idle Hands), and Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) also star in the movie that follows a group of disgruntled toy store employees who begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes to Earth in a meteor. This group of misfits led by store manager Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) and longtime employee Ken (Devon Sawa) soon finds themselves battling against hordes of holiday shoppers who have been turned into monstrous creatures hellbent on a murderous rampage on Black Friday. Black Friday, directed by Casey Tebo, opens in select theaters on November 19, 2021, followed by its release on VOD on November 23rd.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Psychological Horror ‘Hypnotic’ Now Streaming On Netflix

Psychological Horror ‘Hypnotic’ Now Streaming On Netflix

Netflix continues to release new horror films and series this Halloween season. Some of their spooky offerings include Nightbooks, and season two of “Locke and Key“. There’s another new movie that’s just been released that you need to check out, Hypnotic. Hypnotic stars Kate Siegel, who has appeared in several Netflix horrors, such as “Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass.” In this film, Siegel stars alongside Jason O’Mara, Dule Hill, and Lucie Guest. In Hypnotic, directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote, a young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotherapist. But after a handful of intense sessions, she discovers unexpected and deadly consequences. Watch the action-packed psychological horror Hypnotic now on Netflix.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Award-Winning Hungarian Horror ‘Post Mortem’ Acquired By Black Mandala

Award-Winning Hungarian Horror ‘Post Mortem’ Acquired By Black Mandala

Black Mandala has just announced that it has acquired the Hungarian horror film Post Mortem, directed by Péter Bergendy, which has been chosen to represent Hungary at the Oscars 2022 in the category of Best International Feature Film. Post Mortem premiered at the Warsaw and Sitges film festivals last year and went on to screen at more than 20 genre festivals, picking up prizes in Trieste, Fantasporto, Sombra, and Parma. Last week, the film was screened at the Toronto After Dark Film Festing, bringing home ten awards including Best Feature Film, Best Horror Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Fruzsina Hais), and Best Special Effects. Set at the end of the First World War, the film follows Tomás, a traveling photographer who wanders through Hungary and photographs the recently deceased. Following the premonitory call of a 10-year-old orphan girl, Anna arrives in a small town where an unusual number of supernatural phenomena occur. The spirits need to tell him something,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Josh Lucas Set To Star In ‘The Black Demon’ Based On The Legendary Shark

Josh Lucas Set To Star In ‘The Black Demon’ Based On The Legendary Shark

It was announced today that Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Sweet Home Alabama) is set to lead prolific action director Adrian Grunberg’s (Rambo: Last Blood, Get the Gringo) upcoming survival thriller The Black Demon. Written by Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival nominated Blackwater), the film is set to start principal photography in December 2021 on location in the Dominican Republic. In the film, when oilman Paul Sturges (Lucas) takes his family on vacation to Bahia Azul, the vibrant coastal town he and his wife once knew has mysteriously crumbled and the locals are nowhere to be found. Paul starts off his day with a routine visit to inspect his nearby oil rig, but before he knows it, his entire family has landed with him on the rotting metal tower. From the depths of the ocean rises a massive megalodon known only by its name: “The Black Demon”. Under constant threat from this ancient enemy of legend, Paul must find a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
A Masked Killer Is On The Hunt In ‘Terror At Black Tree Forest’ (Trailer)

A Masked Killer Is On The Hunt In ‘Terror At Black Tree Forest’ (Trailer)

TrashArts and HBFilms, in association with SCS Entertainment and the Brit Horror Film Fund Co Ltd, have announced the Blu-ray release of Terror at Black Tree Forest, a slasher horror whodunit feature originally conceived by US filmmaker and director, Dustin W Ferguson in 2009. In the film, a group of college kids set out for a weekend camping trip into Black Tree Forest. However, they soon come face to face with a masked killer who creates the “Terror at Black Tree Forest. A pleasant camping trip turns into a bloodfest. Starring Amanda Bourne, Annabella Rich, Max Pill, Ella Palmer, and Omar Jose Mahmood Lagares, this 2021 remake is now available on Blu-ray and will soon be out on Video on Demand. The Blu-ray includes behind-the-scenes photos and interviews with cast members, the director, and the director of photography as well as trailers for the original and reboot.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Supernatural Horror 'Agnes' Now Possesses An April Release Date

Indie Horror ‘Agnes’ Possesses A New Trailer

Ahead of its December release, writer-director Mickey Reece‘s dark supernatural horror film Agnes possesses a new trailer. Co-written by John Selvidge, the film centers on a nun whose disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma. Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, and Chris Sullivan star in Agnes, produced by Jensine Carr, Molly Quinn, Elan Gale, Jacob Snovel, and Matthew Welty, and executive produced by Molly Quinn, Elan Gale, Matthew Welty, Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath, and Zac Locke. While you wait for the film’s December 10, 2021 release from Magnet, be sure to check out our interview with director Mickey Reece and our interview with star and producer Molly Quinn.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel’ Is Available To Pre-Order Now

‘Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel’ Is Available To Pre-Order Now

Legendary Comics, in cooperation with Herbert Properties, LLC, announced today the official movie graphic novel based on Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune, which has just made its premiere in theaters and on HBO Max, based on the critically acclaimed film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal bestselling book from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. Both the graphic novel and the film tell the epic hero’s journey of Paul Atreides (played by Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet). Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, is adapted by writer Lilah Sturges (Legendary Comics’ The Science of Ghost, Lumberjanes) with art by Drew Johnson (Legendary Comics’ Godzilla: Aftershock and Godzilla Dominion) and colors by digital painter Zid (Legendary Comics’ Kingdom Kong) and colorist Niezam, features beautiful artwork that brings the cinematic vision of Dune to the world of sequential art. Limited editions of the graphic novel are now available for pre-order today exclusively on Kickstarter, with the book trade edition to follow. Both editions

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Crypt TV’s

Crypt TV has announced the chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, and Amazon Original, which marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film sees a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story perfectly delivered by talented director Vishal Furia backed by the production by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Dracula Party Release Their Latest Video; “HACK-O-LANTERN”

Dracula Party Release Their Latest Video; “HACK-O-LANTERN”

We talk about those rascally ravenous Fang-bangers Dracula Party a lot ’round these parts, but this time the talk hits close to our haunted home as I, your beloved Dan XIII (under my other persona of Dan Wilder), have directed the video for the band’s soon-to-be-classic tune; HACK-O-LANTERN from their new album, VIDEO WASTELAND! I combined my love of ultra-sleazy S.O.V. horror, KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK, and pure ’80s Satanic Panic ghoulness to bring the song to visual life… and I couldn’t be prouder of the results! Just click on the video below and prepare to have your putrid peepers peeled like ghastly grapes! And when you’re done with that, be sure to check out the other recently released videos for both the album’s title track, as well as for the terror tune MONSTER DOG!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021

More from Kelli Marchman McNeely

True Crime Documentary ‘The Acid King’ Explores A Sacrificial Murder

True Crime Documentary ‘The Acid King’ Explores A Sacrificial Murder

Ahead of its November release, we’ve got the new trailer for The Acid King, a true-crime documentary based on Ricky Kasso, the young man who murdered his friend in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” in 1984. Directed by Dan Jones and Jesse P. Pollack whose book the film is based on, the documentary examines Kasso’s life and hardships that may have made him a killer as well as the murder Kasso committed and the trial. Ricky Kasso wasn’t a bad kid, but he was lost. To feel better, he started smoking pot, moving on from that to PCP and LSD. He ended up living on the streets and thinking he had nothing to lose. Gary Lauwers went from being a victim of bullying to using drugs to fit in, and finally robbery—but then he made the mistake of stealing from Ricky, and from that moment on, his fate was sealed.” Pollack states in his book. “A few months later, Gary went

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Bruce Campbell & Devon Sawa Battle Infected Customers In The ‘Black Friday’ Trailer

Bruce Campbell & Devon Sawa Battle Infected Customers In The ‘Black Friday’ Trailer

Screen Media Films is capitalizing on the biggest shopping day of the year and adding a dose of horror in their upcoming movie Black Friday starring none other than Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead franchise). Devon Sawa (Idle Hands), and Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) also star in the movie that follows a group of disgruntled toy store employees who begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes to Earth in a meteor. This group of misfits led by store manager Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) and longtime employee Ken (Devon Sawa) soon finds themselves battling against hordes of holiday shoppers who have been turned into monstrous creatures hellbent on a murderous rampage on Black Friday. Black Friday, directed by Casey Tebo, opens in select theaters on November 19, 2021, followed by its release on VOD on November 23rd.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Psychological Horror ‘Hypnotic’ Now Streaming On Netflix

Psychological Horror ‘Hypnotic’ Now Streaming On Netflix

Netflix continues to release new horror films and series this Halloween season. Some of their spooky offerings include Nightbooks, and season two of “Locke and Key“. There’s another new movie that’s just been released that you need to check out, Hypnotic. Hypnotic stars Kate Siegel, who has appeared in several Netflix horrors, such as “Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass.” In this film, Siegel stars alongside Jason O’Mara, Dule Hill, and Lucie Guest. In Hypnotic, directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote, a young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotherapist. But after a handful of intense sessions, she discovers unexpected and deadly consequences. Watch the action-packed psychological horror Hypnotic now on Netflix.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Award-Winning Hungarian Horror ‘Post Mortem’ Acquired By Black Mandala

Award-Winning Hungarian Horror ‘Post Mortem’ Acquired By Black Mandala

Black Mandala has just announced that it has acquired the Hungarian horror film Post Mortem, directed by Péter Bergendy, which has been chosen to represent Hungary at the Oscars 2022 in the category of Best International Feature Film. Post Mortem premiered at the Warsaw and Sitges film festivals last year and went on to screen at more than 20 genre festivals, picking up prizes in Trieste, Fantasporto, Sombra, and Parma. Last week, the film was screened at the Toronto After Dark Film Festing, bringing home ten awards including Best Feature Film, Best Horror Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Fruzsina Hais), and Best Special Effects. Set at the end of the First World War, the film follows Tomás, a traveling photographer who wanders through Hungary and photographs the recently deceased. Following the premonitory call of a 10-year-old orphan girl, Anna arrives in a small town where an unusual number of supernatural phenomena occur. The spirits need to tell him something,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Josh Lucas Set To Star In ‘The Black Demon’ Based On The Legendary Shark

Josh Lucas Set To Star In ‘The Black Demon’ Based On The Legendary Shark

It was announced today that Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Sweet Home Alabama) is set to lead prolific action director Adrian Grunberg’s (Rambo: Last Blood, Get the Gringo) upcoming survival thriller The Black Demon. Written by Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival nominated Blackwater), the film is set to start principal photography in December 2021 on location in the Dominican Republic. In the film, when oilman Paul Sturges (Lucas) takes his family on vacation to Bahia Azul, the vibrant coastal town he and his wife once knew has mysteriously crumbled and the locals are nowhere to be found. Paul starts off his day with a routine visit to inspect his nearby oil rig, but before he knows it, his entire family has landed with him on the rotting metal tower. From the depths of the ocean rises a massive megalodon known only by its name: “The Black Demon”. Under constant threat from this ancient enemy of legend, Paul must find a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
A Masked Killer Is On The Hunt In ‘Terror At Black Tree Forest’ (Trailer)

A Masked Killer Is On The Hunt In ‘Terror At Black Tree Forest’ (Trailer)

TrashArts and HBFilms, in association with SCS Entertainment and the Brit Horror Film Fund Co Ltd, have announced the Blu-ray release of Terror at Black Tree Forest, a slasher horror whodunit feature originally conceived by US filmmaker and director, Dustin W Ferguson in 2009. In the film, a group of college kids set out for a weekend camping trip into Black Tree Forest. However, they soon come face to face with a masked killer who creates the “Terror at Black Tree Forest. A pleasant camping trip turns into a bloodfest. Starring Amanda Bourne, Annabella Rich, Max Pill, Ella Palmer, and Omar Jose Mahmood Lagares, this 2021 remake is now available on Blu-ray and will soon be out on Video on Demand. The Blu-ray includes behind-the-scenes photos and interviews with cast members, the director, and the director of photography as well as trailers for the original and reboot.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Supernatural Horror 'Agnes' Now Possesses An April Release Date

Indie Horror ‘Agnes’ Possesses A New Trailer

Ahead of its December release, writer-director Mickey Reece‘s dark supernatural horror film Agnes possesses a new trailer. Co-written by John Selvidge, the film centers on a nun whose disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma. Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, and Chris Sullivan star in Agnes, produced by Jensine Carr, Molly Quinn, Elan Gale, Jacob Snovel, and Matthew Welty, and executive produced by Molly Quinn, Elan Gale, Matthew Welty, Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath, and Zac Locke. While you wait for the film’s December 10, 2021 release from Magnet, be sure to check out our interview with director Mickey Reece and our interview with star and producer Molly Quinn.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel’ Is Available To Pre-Order Now

‘Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel’ Is Available To Pre-Order Now

Legendary Comics, in cooperation with Herbert Properties, LLC, announced today the official movie graphic novel based on Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune, which has just made its premiere in theaters and on HBO Max, based on the critically acclaimed film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal bestselling book from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. Both the graphic novel and the film tell the epic hero’s journey of Paul Atreides (played by Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet). Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, is adapted by writer Lilah Sturges (Legendary Comics’ The Science of Ghost, Lumberjanes) with art by Drew Johnson (Legendary Comics’ Godzilla: Aftershock and Godzilla Dominion) and colors by digital painter Zid (Legendary Comics’ Kingdom Kong) and colorist Niezam, features beautiful artwork that brings the cinematic vision of Dune to the world of sequential art. Limited editions of the graphic novel are now available for pre-order today exclusively on Kickstarter, with the book trade edition to follow. Both editions

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

Crypt TV’s

Crypt TV has announced the chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, and Amazon Original, which marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film sees a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story perfectly delivered by talented director Vishal Furia backed by the production by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Dracula Party Release Their Latest Video; “HACK-O-LANTERN”

Dracula Party Release Their Latest Video; “HACK-O-LANTERN”

We talk about those rascally ravenous Fang-bangers Dracula Party a lot ’round these parts, but this time the talk hits close to our haunted home as I, your beloved Dan XIII (under my other persona of Dan Wilder), have directed the video for the band’s soon-to-be-classic tune; HACK-O-LANTERN from their new album, VIDEO WASTELAND! I combined my love of ultra-sleazy S.O.V. horror, KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK, and pure ’80s Satanic Panic ghoulness to bring the song to visual life… and I couldn’t be prouder of the results! Just click on the video below and prepare to have your putrid peepers peeled like ghastly grapes! And when you’re done with that, be sure to check out the other recently released videos for both the album’s title track, as well as for the terror tune MONSTER DOG!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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