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Murder Thriller ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’ Lands This Month

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, the upcoming release of the richly nuanced thriller Goodbye, Butterfly, a captivating, performance driven psychological thriller, and the screenwriting and the feature film directorial debut of Asian American filmmaker Tyler Wayne. Shot in a style reminiscent of David Fincher and The Coen Brothers, the film will appeal to much of the same audiences who turned Se7en and Mindhunter into successful cult classics. “Ryan Olsen (Adam Donshik) is a loving family man with the perfect life… until the day his five-year-old daughter is murdered. When the official police investigation hits a dead end, Ryan has a chance encounter with Stan Granger (Andy Lauer ), an oddball neighbor from down the street, and becomes convinced that Stan is the killer. But, after the police ignore his suspicions, Ryan’s obsession with Stan quickly turns violent and, as he takes the law into his own hands, he must ultimately decide how far he’s willing to go in

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Jan 10, 2021
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New Streaming Service Combines Other Services For One Fee

I can’t count how many times I have wished that there was an app that connects all of my streaming services instead of having to hunt down something to watch service by service. And I’m guessing I’m not alone. Well, that may not be a problem for much longer. There’s a new streaming service headed our way that will do just that, plus save us some cash. The new service is called Struum and it will allow us to watch streaming shows and movies from various other streaming services without having to buy a subscription to each of them individually. The service hails from the Walt Disney Co. and Discovery Inc. Paul Pastor, the service’s co-founder, told The Wall Street Journal that Struum would also help shine a light on smaller-scale streaming services that have great content but that are less known. The service has already reportedly brokered deals with nearly three-dozen services, featuring more than 20,000 movies, shorts, and

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Jan 10, 2021
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Horror Duo Directing Marvel’s New ‘Moon Knight’ Series

Marvel Studios is continuing to expand its Disney Plus library with “Moon Knight,” a new series based on the comic book character created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin. Get this, the series will be directed by the well-known horror directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who brought us Synchronic, The Endless, and Spring, so don’t be surprised if the show has a horror tinge to it. Mohamed Diab (“Clash”) will also direct with Jeremy Slater of “The Umbrella Academy” serving as showrunner. Marvel has not officially announced the cast, but back in October 2020, Variety reported that Oscar Isaac was in talks to play the role of Marc Spector, whose dissociative identity disorder manifests as different distinct personas. One version of the character in the comic, Spector is also the embodiment of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon. “Moon Knight” is set to begin filming this March in Hungary with a Disney Plus release

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Jan 10, 2021
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Horror Comedy ‘Happy Times’ Coming To Blu-ray

Artsploitation Films will be releasing the decidedly raucous horror-comedy Happy Times this February. In the film, an Israeli American couple invites friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust, and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem. Filmed with a mix of English and Hebrew, this Jews Behaving Badly story stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Out in the Dark, Netflix’s Shtisel), Shani Atias (Ten Days in the Valley, “Shameless”), Guy Adler (The Angel, Big Bad Wolves) and Israeli TV star Liraz Chamami (“Manayek”, “Unchained”, “Asylum City”, “Malkot”). Directed by Michael Mayer (Out in the Dark), the film is an Israeli American co-production. Happy Times is set for a home release on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming on February 9, 2021.

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‘Sky Sharks’ Is Finally Landing On Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital!

After first being announced back in 2016, Sky Sharks is finally getting a Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray release via Dark Sky Films. Set “75 years after World War II, an arctic research team discovers the Himmelsfaust, a colossal Nazi Warship thought to be long lost. Within they find Third Reich’s base for a weapon like no other: Sky Sharks. Jet-propelled, artillery-equipped, aeronautical, and manned by an army of undead elite Nazi soldiers, these flying beasts were created to prevent the downfall of the Third Reich. But now they seek revenge and claim their final victory – taking down the whole world with them in the process if they can…” Directed by Marc Fehse and co-written by A.D. Morel, Sky Sharks stars Tony Todd (Candyman), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Robert LaSardo (Death Race), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Man with the Iron Fists 2), Amanda Bearse (Fright Night), Lar Park-Lincoln (Friday the 13th VII), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Travis Love (“The Walking

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Watch The Universal Monster Collection For Free On YouTube

Odds are, you’ve probably seen all of the classic Universe Monster movies, but if you haven’t or want to rewatch them now’s your chance. Universal is releasing the collection on YouTube this month and you can watch them FOR FREE! Beginning Friday, January 15th, the movies will be heading to the Fear: The Home of Horror YouTube channel, with each film being available to watch for one week, NME reports. January 15, 2021 (8pm GMT) Dracula (1931) The Mummy (1932) January 16, 2021 (8pm GMT) Frankenstein (1931) Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) January 17, 2021 (8pm GMT) The Wolf Man (1941) The Invisible Man (1933) Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) We are hoping to hear an announcement soon that the remaining films of the collection will be released in the following months.

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‘The Woman In The Window’ Sets Its Sights On A Netflix Release

20th Century Studios was set to release director Joe Wright‘s (Hanna, Darkest Hour) new suspense thriller The Woman in the Window back in May but like a horde of other movies, it got delayed. Now, a new release date has been announced but the movie but it will no longer be heading to theaters, instead, it’s coming to Netflix sometime in the first half of this year, EW reports. Entertainment Weekly quotes Wright as saying: I’m very interested to see how people respond to the film and I can’t wait for its release,” Wright told Entertainment Weekly. “What I hope people will take away from this is a sense that our own fears can incarcerate us. And this is a story about a woman who manages to overcome her own fears, and leave them behind her.” In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own

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Indie Horror ‘Capture Kill Release’ Now Out On Digital And VOD

, Directors Nick McAnulty and Brian Allan Stewart‘s intense indie horror Capture Kill Release is now out on VOD and On Demand on Amazon, iTunes, Google, and on Tubi and more, from Midnight Releasing Starring Jennifer Fraser, Farhang Ghajar, Jonathan Gates, Rich Piatkowski, and Christina Schimmel, the film centers on a couple plotting to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it. Written by Nick McAnulty, Jennifer Fraser, and Farhang Ghajar, Capture Kill Release is produced by Nick McAnulty, Brian Allan Stewart, Ainslee Kennedy, and Graham Rogers. Executive producers include Nick McAnulty, Brian Allan Stewart, Ainslee Kennedy, and Graham Rogers. Mitchell Stacey provided special effects and makeup for the film.

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New Details And More Surface For ‘The Forever Purge’

Details surrounding The Forever Purge, the last film of the franchise, have begun to emerge including the new release date and details about its plot. THR reports that according to its sources, the movie “takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues in the way the previous films have.” The Forever Purge‘s first image debuted earlier today over at Total Film. They also report that the movie will take place after the events of Election Year and will center on Adela (Ana de la Reguera) and Juan (Tenoch Huerta), who finds solace at a Texan ranch, having fled a drug cartel in Mexico. But things “go awry when a group of outsiders decides to keep purging beyond the allotted time when people can break any and all laws.” The Forever Purge stars “True Detective’s” Leven Rambin, as well as Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman, Ana de la Reguera, and Tenoch Huerta. The

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“Once Upon A Nightmare” Crowdfunding Final Episodes Of First Season

A new series, “Once Upon a Nightmare” is headed your way from director and SFX master Joe Castro (Terror Tunes, Uncle Sam). Over the next eight months, the horror anthology series is poised to release thirteen episodes featuring monsters, ghosts, clowns, serial killers, and many other creatures and situations from your darkest nightmares. The goal is to, with your help, add twelve more episodes. “We want to put out 13 episodes over the next 12 months and once again notch up the quality to a level not yet seen from a horror web series. To do that, though, we need your help. We have already been hard at work at those upcoming episodes and 6 of them are currently in various stages of completion. We are seeking finishing funds to finish those episodes and begin producing the other 7.” The Indiegogo campaign has already begun and offers perks like posters, phone cases, early access, set visits, and more. Don’t miss

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Murder Thriller ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’ Lands This Month

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, the upcoming release of the richly nuanced thriller Goodbye, Butterfly, a captivating, performance driven psychological thriller, and the screenwriting and the feature film directorial debut of Asian American filmmaker Tyler Wayne. Shot in a style reminiscent of David Fincher and The Coen Brothers, the film will appeal to much of the same audiences who turned Se7en and Mindhunter into successful cult classics. “Ryan Olsen (Adam Donshik) is a loving family man with the perfect life… until the day his five-year-old daughter is murdered. When the official police investigation hits a dead end, Ryan has a chance encounter with Stan Granger (Andy Lauer ), an oddball neighbor from down the street, and becomes convinced that Stan is the killer. But, after the police ignore his suspicions, Ryan’s obsession with Stan quickly turns violent and, as he takes the law into his own hands, he must ultimately decide how far he’s willing to go in

Continue reading →
Jan 10, 2021
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New Streaming Service Combines Other Services For One Fee

I can’t count how many times I have wished that there was an app that connects all of my streaming services instead of having to hunt down something to watch service by service. And I’m guessing I’m not alone. Well, that may not be a problem for much longer. There’s a new streaming service headed our way that will do just that, plus save us some cash. The new service is called Struum and it will allow us to watch streaming shows and movies from various other streaming services without having to buy a subscription to each of them individually. The service hails from the Walt Disney Co. and Discovery Inc. Paul Pastor, the service’s co-founder, told The Wall Street Journal that Struum would also help shine a light on smaller-scale streaming services that have great content but that are less known. The service has already reportedly brokered deals with nearly three-dozen services, featuring more than 20,000 movies, shorts, and

Continue reading →
Jan 10, 2021
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Horror Duo Directing Marvel’s New ‘Moon Knight’ Series

Marvel Studios is continuing to expand its Disney Plus library with “Moon Knight,” a new series based on the comic book character created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin. Get this, the series will be directed by the well-known horror directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who brought us Synchronic, The Endless, and Spring, so don’t be surprised if the show has a horror tinge to it. Mohamed Diab (“Clash”) will also direct with Jeremy Slater of “The Umbrella Academy” serving as showrunner. Marvel has not officially announced the cast, but back in October 2020, Variety reported that Oscar Isaac was in talks to play the role of Marc Spector, whose dissociative identity disorder manifests as different distinct personas. One version of the character in the comic, Spector is also the embodiment of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon. “Moon Knight” is set to begin filming this March in Hungary with a Disney Plus release

Continue reading →
Jan 10, 2021
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Horror Comedy ‘Happy Times’ Coming To Blu-ray

Artsploitation Films will be releasing the decidedly raucous horror-comedy Happy Times this February. In the film, an Israeli American couple invites friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust, and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem. Filmed with a mix of English and Hebrew, this Jews Behaving Badly story stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Out in the Dark, Netflix’s Shtisel), Shani Atias (Ten Days in the Valley, “Shameless”), Guy Adler (The Angel, Big Bad Wolves) and Israeli TV star Liraz Chamami (“Manayek”, “Unchained”, “Asylum City”, “Malkot”). Directed by Michael Mayer (Out in the Dark), the film is an Israeli American co-production. Happy Times is set for a home release on Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming on February 9, 2021.

Continue reading →
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‘Sky Sharks’ Is Finally Landing On Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital!

After first being announced back in 2016, Sky Sharks is finally getting a Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray release via Dark Sky Films. Set “75 years after World War II, an arctic research team discovers the Himmelsfaust, a colossal Nazi Warship thought to be long lost. Within they find Third Reich’s base for a weapon like no other: Sky Sharks. Jet-propelled, artillery-equipped, aeronautical, and manned by an army of undead elite Nazi soldiers, these flying beasts were created to prevent the downfall of the Third Reich. But now they seek revenge and claim their final victory – taking down the whole world with them in the process if they can…” Directed by Marc Fehse and co-written by A.D. Morel, Sky Sharks stars Tony Todd (Candyman), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Robert LaSardo (Death Race), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Man with the Iron Fists 2), Amanda Bearse (Fright Night), Lar Park-Lincoln (Friday the 13th VII), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Travis Love (“The Walking

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Watch The Universal Monster Collection For Free On YouTube

Odds are, you’ve probably seen all of the classic Universe Monster movies, but if you haven’t or want to rewatch them now’s your chance. Universal is releasing the collection on YouTube this month and you can watch them FOR FREE! Beginning Friday, January 15th, the movies will be heading to the Fear: The Home of Horror YouTube channel, with each film being available to watch for one week, NME reports. January 15, 2021 (8pm GMT) Dracula (1931) The Mummy (1932) January 16, 2021 (8pm GMT) Frankenstein (1931) Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) January 17, 2021 (8pm GMT) The Wolf Man (1941) The Invisible Man (1933) Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) We are hoping to hear an announcement soon that the remaining films of the collection will be released in the following months.

Continue reading →
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‘The Woman In The Window’ Sets Its Sights On A Netflix Release

20th Century Studios was set to release director Joe Wright‘s (Hanna, Darkest Hour) new suspense thriller The Woman in the Window back in May but like a horde of other movies, it got delayed. Now, a new release date has been announced but the movie but it will no longer be heading to theaters, instead, it’s coming to Netflix sometime in the first half of this year, EW reports. Entertainment Weekly quotes Wright as saying: I’m very interested to see how people respond to the film and I can’t wait for its release,” Wright told Entertainment Weekly. “What I hope people will take away from this is a sense that our own fears can incarcerate us. And this is a story about a woman who manages to overcome her own fears, and leave them behind her.” In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Indie Horror ‘Capture Kill Release’ Now Out On Digital And VOD

, Directors Nick McAnulty and Brian Allan Stewart‘s intense indie horror Capture Kill Release is now out on VOD and On Demand on Amazon, iTunes, Google, and on Tubi and more, from Midnight Releasing Starring Jennifer Fraser, Farhang Ghajar, Jonathan Gates, Rich Piatkowski, and Christina Schimmel, the film centers on a couple plotting to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it. Written by Nick McAnulty, Jennifer Fraser, and Farhang Ghajar, Capture Kill Release is produced by Nick McAnulty, Brian Allan Stewart, Ainslee Kennedy, and Graham Rogers. Executive producers include Nick McAnulty, Brian Allan Stewart, Ainslee Kennedy, and Graham Rogers. Mitchell Stacey provided special effects and makeup for the film.

Continue reading →
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New Details And More Surface For ‘The Forever Purge’

Details surrounding The Forever Purge, the last film of the franchise, have begun to emerge including the new release date and details about its plot. THR reports that according to its sources, the movie “takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues in the way the previous films have.” The Forever Purge‘s first image debuted earlier today over at Total Film. They also report that the movie will take place after the events of Election Year and will center on Adela (Ana de la Reguera) and Juan (Tenoch Huerta), who finds solace at a Texan ranch, having fled a drug cartel in Mexico. But things “go awry when a group of outsiders decides to keep purging beyond the allotted time when people can break any and all laws.” The Forever Purge stars “True Detective’s” Leven Rambin, as well as Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman, Ana de la Reguera, and Tenoch Huerta. The

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

“Once Upon A Nightmare” Crowdfunding Final Episodes Of First Season

A new series, “Once Upon a Nightmare” is headed your way from director and SFX master Joe Castro (Terror Tunes, Uncle Sam). Over the next eight months, the horror anthology series is poised to release thirteen episodes featuring monsters, ghosts, clowns, serial killers, and many other creatures and situations from your darkest nightmares. The goal is to, with your help, add twelve more episodes. “We want to put out 13 episodes over the next 12 months and once again notch up the quality to a level not yet seen from a horror web series. To do that, though, we need your help. We have already been hard at work at those upcoming episodes and 6 of them are currently in various stages of completion. We are seeking finishing funds to finish those episodes and begin producing the other 7.” The Indiegogo campaign has already begun and offers perks like posters, phone cases, early access, set visits, and more. Don’t miss

Continue reading →