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A Woman Becomes Entangled With A Dark Mystery In ‘The Green Sea’ Trailer

A troubled musician is lured into a potent mystery, tied to the disappearance of a missing teen in the thriller The Green Sea. Starring Katherine Isabelle (American Mary, Ginger Snaps), Hazel Doupe (Float Like A Butterfly), Jenny Dixon (Full Circle), Dermot Ward (“Game of Thrones”), Michael Parle (Tin Can Man), and Zeb Moore (Hexing), The Green Sea was written and directed by Randal Plunkett. Edwina Forkin and Stephen Lordes produce. Simone (Katharine Isabelle), an American writer living a solitary life in the Irish countryside, is haunted by visions of her past which begin to intertwine with the fantasy world of the novel she is writing, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Her life changes, when the protagonist of her book, known only as “Kid”, played by up-and-coming Irish actress Hazel Doupe (Float Like A Butterfly), appears to her as a victim of a drunk driving incident that forces the pair together. This sets up the beginning of an unlikely

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Entomophobia-Inducing Film ‘The Nest’ To Be Unleashed This July

From director James Suttles (The Evil Inside Her) comes the entomophobia-inducing film The Nest (aka The Bewailing), starring scream queen Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling). We’ve got the new trailer that just might leave you with Entomophobia (the fear of insects). “When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg’s separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it’s clear there’s something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.” Written by Jennifer Trudrung, The Nest also stars Sarah Navratil, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Drez Ryan, Blaque Fowler,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Shudder Review: The Call (2021) Starring Lin Shaye And Tobin Bell

Lin Shaye (Insidious) and Tobin Bell (Saw) star in The Call, the new supernatural horror film from Emmy® Nominated Director Timothy Woodward Jr. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. Filled with twist after twist, the film reveals lies, secrets, and horrible deeds done by a teenage group, including the harassment they have committed against the elderly couple for years. In the first half of the movie you are given reason after reason to dislike these kids then the movie attempts to trigger your empathy halfway through by revealing their past traumas. But the group is flat-out unlikeable. They are rude, cruel, and well, just assholes in general, save for the new guy (Chester Rushing).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Supernatural Cult Horror ‘Son’ Arrives On Shudder

The supernatural horror film Son, which we called a “bloody good movie” in our review, is set to premiere this week exclusively on Shudder. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). In the film, “after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son premieres on July 8, 2021. If you’re looking for a movie with an intense unique story, this it.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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An Interview With Writer Director Eric Huskisson Co-Owner Of Blood Moon Pictures

Eric Huskisson, writer, director, producer, and co-owner of Blood Moon Pictures, sat down with me to discuss Blood Moon Picture’s 13 Slays Til X-Mas, the holiday horror anthology that just keeps on giving…chills. Eric and I also discuss their other films, including Volumes of Blood and Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories. 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. You can learn more here. Featuring a massive number of directors and cast members, 13 Slays Till X-Mas features 13-holiday themed tales, including Eric’s segment, that are connected by a wrap-around story. Kelli McNeely: “How did you become involved in the film industry?”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows’ Is Coming To DVD

The Midnight Society returns in a follow-up to 2019’s reimagined limited series horror anthology in Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows, coming to DVD this August. Curse of the Shadows is based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic and features a terrifying new story, the second season includes six hour-long episodes that follow an all-new group of kids as they tell the tale of a curse that has been cast over their small seaside town, haunted by a villain named the Shadowman. After their leader goes missing, it’s up to the remaining members of the Midnight Society to break the curse and free the Shadowman’s victims, before they too disappear into the shadows. The members of the newest chapter of the Midnight Society include Luke, played by Bryce Gheisar (Wonder, Nickelodeon’s The Astronauts); Jai, played by Arjun Athalye; Hanna, played by Beatrice Kitsos (Child’s Play); Gabby, played by Malia Baker (The Baby-Sitters Club); Seth, played

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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‘The Banishing’ Director Turns To Religion For New Horror Film ‘Consecration’

Christopher Smith, whose film The Banishing landed on Shudder this past April, is back with his supernatural horror Consecration, which is being launched at Cannes, Variety reports. “The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother. There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.” Smith, who also directed Creep and Black Death, co-wrote the religious horror alongside Laurie Cook (The Banishing). Consecration is described by Smith as “a film about the nature of religion and how defining one thing as divine creates a false opposite that is heretical.” He continued, “This film is an opportunity to take the audience on a thrilling journey into the dark unknown, and I want to really push that to the limit both in terms of scares and the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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A24 Unveils Chilling Trailer For ‘Lamb’ Starring Noomi Repace

We first learned about Valdimar Jóhannsson’s supernatural thriller Lamb last year, but things have been petty quiet since, until now. Variety is reporting that a24 has acquired the film ahead of Cannes. Starring Prometheus actress Noomi Repace, “Lamb is the story of a childless couple, María (Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason), who are sheep farmers in Iceland. On Christmas Eve they find a newborn who is half-human, half sheep. Longing for a child of their own they decide to keep the lamb-child and raise it as their own regardless of the consequences. This unexpected prospect of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroys them.” Hopefully, A24 will announce the release date soon. In the meantime, check out the unsettling trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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New ‘Fear Street: 1978’ Trailer Takes Us To Summer Camp

Director Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is bringing R.L.Stein‘s classic Fear Street books to life with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy. Ahead of the second movie’s premiere, we’ve got the new trailer that takes us back in time to a summer camp in 1978. In the Fear Street Trilogy “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.” In Fear Street Part 2: 1978, “Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.” Fear Street Part 2: 1978 premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 9, followed by the release of Fear Street Part 3: 1666 on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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The Horror Collective Unleashing Two New Films And A Series On Shudder

The Horror Collective is set to unleash three tales of terror this month, including Rot, Mass Hysteria, and a new season of “Etheria.” All are coming to Shudder. ROT (2020), written and directed by, Andrew Merrill (Warm Insides), stars Kris Alexandrea (Gothic Springs), Johnny Kostrey (Kidding, Aquarius, The Good Place), McKale Jude Bingham (Betrayed), Adam Burch (Nazis at the Center of the Earth), and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist, 100 Acres of Hell, Halloween 2). And is produced by Beth Crudele (Side Hustle, The Gift, Fuller House). In the film, when Madison’s ex goes missing, his friends expect her to lead the search to find him. But something vile has taken over his body, and what they find is worse than any of them could have imagined. Rot lands on Shudder on July 20, 2021. Directed by Arielle Cimano and Jeff Ryan, in Mass Hysteria, a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2021

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A Woman Becomes Entangled With A Dark Mystery In ‘The Green Sea’ Trailer

A troubled musician is lured into a potent mystery, tied to the disappearance of a missing teen in the thriller The Green Sea. Starring Katherine Isabelle (American Mary, Ginger Snaps), Hazel Doupe (Float Like A Butterfly), Jenny Dixon (Full Circle), Dermot Ward (“Game of Thrones”), Michael Parle (Tin Can Man), and Zeb Moore (Hexing), The Green Sea was written and directed by Randal Plunkett. Edwina Forkin and Stephen Lordes produce. Simone (Katharine Isabelle), an American writer living a solitary life in the Irish countryside, is haunted by visions of her past which begin to intertwine with the fantasy world of the novel she is writing, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Her life changes, when the protagonist of her book, known only as “Kid”, played by up-and-coming Irish actress Hazel Doupe (Float Like A Butterfly), appears to her as a victim of a drunk driving incident that forces the pair together. This sets up the beginning of an unlikely

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Entomophobia-Inducing Film ‘The Nest’ To Be Unleashed This July

From director James Suttles (The Evil Inside Her) comes the entomophobia-inducing film The Nest (aka The Bewailing), starring scream queen Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling). We’ve got the new trailer that just might leave you with Entomophobia (the fear of insects). “When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg’s separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it’s clear there’s something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.” Written by Jennifer Trudrung, The Nest also stars Sarah Navratil, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Drez Ryan, Blaque Fowler,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Shudder Review: The Call (2021) Starring Lin Shaye And Tobin Bell

Lin Shaye (Insidious) and Tobin Bell (Saw) star in The Call, the new supernatural horror film from Emmy® Nominated Director Timothy Woodward Jr. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. Filled with twist after twist, the film reveals lies, secrets, and horrible deeds done by a teenage group, including the harassment they have committed against the elderly couple for years. In the first half of the movie you are given reason after reason to dislike these kids then the movie attempts to trigger your empathy halfway through by revealing their past traumas. But the group is flat-out unlikeable. They are rude, cruel, and well, just assholes in general, save for the new guy (Chester Rushing).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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Supernatural Cult Horror ‘Son’ Arrives On Shudder

The supernatural horror film Son, which we called a “bloody good movie” in our review, is set to premiere this week exclusively on Shudder. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). In the film, “after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son premieres on July 8, 2021. If you’re looking for a movie with an intense unique story, this it.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2021
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An Interview With Writer Director Eric Huskisson Co-Owner Of Blood Moon Pictures

Eric Huskisson, writer, director, producer, and co-owner of Blood Moon Pictures, sat down with me to discuss Blood Moon Picture’s 13 Slays Til X-Mas, the holiday horror anthology that just keeps on giving…chills. Eric and I also discuss their other films, including Volumes of Blood and Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories. 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. You can learn more here. Featuring a massive number of directors and cast members, 13 Slays Till X-Mas features 13-holiday themed tales, including Eric’s segment, that are connected by a wrap-around story. Kelli McNeely: “How did you become involved in the film industry?”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
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‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows’ Is Coming To DVD

The Midnight Society returns in a follow-up to 2019’s reimagined limited series horror anthology in Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows, coming to DVD this August. Curse of the Shadows is based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic and features a terrifying new story, the second season includes six hour-long episodes that follow an all-new group of kids as they tell the tale of a curse that has been cast over their small seaside town, haunted by a villain named the Shadowman. After their leader goes missing, it’s up to the remaining members of the Midnight Society to break the curse and free the Shadowman’s victims, before they too disappear into the shadows. The members of the newest chapter of the Midnight Society include Luke, played by Bryce Gheisar (Wonder, Nickelodeon’s The Astronauts); Jai, played by Arjun Athalye; Hanna, played by Beatrice Kitsos (Child’s Play); Gabby, played by Malia Baker (The Baby-Sitters Club); Seth, played

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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‘The Banishing’ Director Turns To Religion For New Horror Film ‘Consecration’

Christopher Smith, whose film The Banishing landed on Shudder this past April, is back with his supernatural horror Consecration, which is being launched at Cannes, Variety reports. “The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother. There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.” Smith, who also directed Creep and Black Death, co-wrote the religious horror alongside Laurie Cook (The Banishing). Consecration is described by Smith as “a film about the nature of religion and how defining one thing as divine creates a false opposite that is heretical.” He continued, “This film is an opportunity to take the audience on a thrilling journey into the dark unknown, and I want to really push that to the limit both in terms of scares and the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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A24 Unveils Chilling Trailer For ‘Lamb’ Starring Noomi Repace

We first learned about Valdimar Jóhannsson’s supernatural thriller Lamb last year, but things have been petty quiet since, until now. Variety is reporting that a24 has acquired the film ahead of Cannes. Starring Prometheus actress Noomi Repace, “Lamb is the story of a childless couple, María (Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason), who are sheep farmers in Iceland. On Christmas Eve they find a newborn who is half-human, half sheep. Longing for a child of their own they decide to keep the lamb-child and raise it as their own regardless of the consequences. This unexpected prospect of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroys them.” Hopefully, A24 will announce the release date soon. In the meantime, check out the unsettling trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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New ‘Fear Street: 1978’ Trailer Takes Us To Summer Camp

Director Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is bringing R.L.Stein‘s classic Fear Street books to life with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy. Ahead of the second movie’s premiere, we’ve got the new trailer that takes us back in time to a summer camp in 1978. In the Fear Street Trilogy “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.” In Fear Street Part 2: 1978, “Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.” Fear Street Part 2: 1978 premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 9, followed by the release of Fear Street Part 3: 1666 on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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The Horror Collective Unleashing Two New Films And A Series On Shudder

The Horror Collective is set to unleash three tales of terror this month, including Rot, Mass Hysteria, and a new season of “Etheria.” All are coming to Shudder. ROT (2020), written and directed by, Andrew Merrill (Warm Insides), stars Kris Alexandrea (Gothic Springs), Johnny Kostrey (Kidding, Aquarius, The Good Place), McKale Jude Bingham (Betrayed), Adam Burch (Nazis at the Center of the Earth), and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist, 100 Acres of Hell, Halloween 2). And is produced by Beth Crudele (Side Hustle, The Gift, Fuller House). In the film, when Madison’s ex goes missing, his friends expect her to lead the search to find him. But something vile has taken over his body, and what they find is worse than any of them could have imagined. Rot lands on Shudder on July 20, 2021. Directed by Arielle Cimano and Jeff Ryan, in Mass Hysteria, a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day

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