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The Babysitter franchise actress Bella Thorne stars in the new thriller Girl. And we’ve got the new action-packed trailer! Written and directed by actor turned filmmaker Chad Faust, Girl centers on a young woman (Bella Thorne) who returns to her small hometown to exact revenge on her abusive father, only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she soon finds herself prey to a sinister sheriff (Mickey Rourke) and uncovers a family legacy more disturbing than she’d imagined. Girl, also starring Faust, opens in select theaters and arrives on Video On Demand on November 24, 2020.
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When Oliver, a young boy, reads a story online about misunderstood monsters he has no idea that is about to unleash a monster, putting himself and his parents in the path of a relentless entity hellbent on dragging Oliver back to his world. Being autistic and no-verbal (he doesn’t talk) has left Oliver with no friends and with a mother who struggles to cope with the situation. The monster in this film is drawn to the boy because of his loneliness. Making the situation both sad and frightening. While yes, Come Play is a horror film, it’s also much more. It’s about one family’s struggle to cope with autism. I guess it affected me more than it will some others. You see, I have an autistic nephew who is precious. He was non-verbal for years and the thought that something or someone could get to him through his loneliness scares the hell out of me as does the thought that
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There are a ton of horror movies released every year, so when one is released that’s original, clever, and truly horrifying it deserves to be celebrated. That’s why we are here to talk about Spell (2020), a brilliantly dark and twisted movie that you need to see! Omari Hardwick (“Power”) stars as Marquis T. Woods, a man who escaped his abusive father and the Kentucky mountains to become a big city lawyer with a beautiful family. When he gets the call that his father has died he and his family board his Cessna plane and head to the place he’s tried so hard to forget. Unfortunately, a terrible storm hits and the plane crashes. When he wakes up in the home of a strange couple he finds himself a prisoner and has no clue as to what happened to his family. He soon realizes that his rescuer (Loretta Devine) is skilled in the ways of Hoodoo and that his life
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Dark Sky Films today announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Caveat, the acclaimed new suspense thriller from rising director Damian McCarthy. Dark Sky parent company MPI Media Group will be handling worldwide sales of the film and will bring it to the American Film Market in November. The film is set mainly in an isolated house on a remote island. When Isaac (Jonathan French, A Soldier’s Voice), a lone drifter with partial memory loss, accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece Olga (Leila Sykes, Missing Something, Lancaster Skies) for a few days it all seems like easy money, but there is a caveat: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan, Call the Midwife, Band of Brothers), leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays ever worsening psychological issues. With Isaac trapped and
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This October, director Stuart Stanton introduces you to ‘the family’ in No Such Things As Monsters. A young couple, Mary and David, escape to the woods for a weekend away of rest and relaxation. Mary does not know it, but this is the weekend David plans to propose. Everything changes however when they encounter a psychopathic family and they forced to fight back to survive. A top-notch Australian cast including Angel Giuffria, Matthew Clarke, Michaela Celeste, Georgia Crisfield-Smith, Rebecca Fortuna, Jacob Fyfe, Rohana Hayes, and David Macrae star in this devilishly delicious horror treat from down under. In the tradition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, No Such Thing As Monsters premieres On Demand and DVD on October 27th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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It’s been twenty years since we were introduced to Bridgett and Ginger in the first Ginger Snaps movie. Now, after three films, the werewolf franchise is getting a new Series. Deadline is reporting that Sid Gentle Films and Copperhart Entertainment have teamed up for a new show executive produced by John Fawcett, co-creator and director of the original movie. Anna Ssemuyaba (“Guerrilla“) has signed on to write the script for the series of the same name. “Ginger Snaps” will center o sisters Brigette and Ginger, who are outcasts in their hometown. Inseparable, the sisters are obsessed with everything dark and macabre. The night of her first period Ginger is attacked by a werewolf and all hell breaks loose. The series will be a modernized adaptation of the female-driven horror movie we all loved. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for Ginger Snaps which starred Katharine Isabelle as Ginger and Emily Perkins as Bridgette.
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Most horror films are filled with special effects, but sometimes things go too far and actors themselves get injured during filming, in an attempt to go above and beyond to make sure that their character feels authentic. Here are a few times that things went too far. Check out the list and watch the scenes where they were injured or killed. Suspiria (2018) Dakota Johnson went through agony while filming the 2o18 remake of Suspiria. Filming messed up the actress so bad that she told EW that she ended up in therapy. Filing conditions were absolutely brutal. Much of the film was shot in an abandoned hotel on top of a mountain where it was so cold the cast and crew were left freezing constantly. The physical strain from the dancing scene after the scene left the cast exhausted and in pain much of the time. The Shining During a conversation with film critic Robert Ebert, Shelly Duvall was asked
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While we have to wait until next summer to watch The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It in theaters, a 30-minute documentary titled Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe Behind the Scenes was released this weekend giving us our first brief look at footage from The Conjuring 3, directed by Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona). You can watch it below. I really wanted Conjuring 3 to get away from the haunted house setup of the first two films,” Wan says in the video. “It should be on a whole different level. Something that we’ve never explored before in the Conjuring world.” Set in 1981, the film tells the story of Arne Johnson, notable for being the first time demonic possession was used as a reason for manslaughter.” “The Devil Made Me Do It reveals a chilling story of terror, murder, and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of
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From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho, who brought you Parasite, comes an original masterpiece, Memories of Murder, based on a shocking true story. The film, which was originally released seventeen years ago, tells a harrowing story about the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small providence in 1980s South Korea. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho and star Song Kang Ho, the film follows the paths of three increasingly desperate detectives as they attempt to decipher the violent mind of a killer. Neon presents Memories of Murder debuting on digital platforms on October 27th.
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This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. New York filmmaker Eric Schultz’s striking feature debut, after having co-produced such acclaimed works as James White, Katie Says Goodbye, and The Strange Ones, Minor Premise
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The Babysitter franchise actress Bella Thorne stars in the new thriller Girl. And we’ve got the new action-packed trailer! Written and directed by actor turned filmmaker Chad Faust, Girl centers on a young woman (Bella Thorne) who returns to her small hometown to exact revenge on her abusive father, only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she soon finds herself prey to a sinister sheriff (Mickey Rourke) and uncovers a family legacy more disturbing than she’d imagined. Girl, also starring Faust, opens in select theaters and arrives on Video On Demand on November 24, 2020.
Continue reading →
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When Oliver, a young boy, reads a story online about misunderstood monsters he has no idea that is about to unleash a monster, putting himself and his parents in the path of a relentless entity hellbent on dragging Oliver back to his world. Being autistic and no-verbal (he doesn’t talk) has left Oliver with no friends and with a mother who struggles to cope with the situation. The monster in this film is drawn to the boy because of his loneliness. Making the situation both sad and frightening. While yes, Come Play is a horror film, it’s also much more. It’s about one family’s struggle to cope with autism. I guess it affected me more than it will some others. You see, I have an autistic nephew who is precious. He was non-verbal for years and the thought that something or someone could get to him through his loneliness scares the hell out of me as does the thought that
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsTrailers
There are a ton of horror movies released every year, so when one is released that’s original, clever, and truly horrifying it deserves to be celebrated. That’s why we are here to talk about Spell (2020), a brilliantly dark and twisted movie that you need to see! Omari Hardwick (“Power”) stars as Marquis T. Woods, a man who escaped his abusive father and the Kentucky mountains to become a big city lawyer with a beautiful family. When he gets the call that his father has died he and his family board his Cessna plane and head to the place he’s tried so hard to forget. Unfortunately, a terrible storm hits and the plane crashes. When he wakes up in the home of a strange couple he finds himself a prisoner and has no clue as to what happened to his family. He soon realizes that his rescuer (Loretta Devine) is skilled in the ways of Hoodoo and that his life
Continue reading →
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Dark Sky Films today announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Caveat, the acclaimed new suspense thriller from rising director Damian McCarthy. Dark Sky parent company MPI Media Group will be handling worldwide sales of the film and will bring it to the American Film Market in November. The film is set mainly in an isolated house on a remote island. When Isaac (Jonathan French, A Soldier’s Voice), a lone drifter with partial memory loss, accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece Olga (Leila Sykes, Missing Something, Lancaster Skies) for a few days it all seems like easy money, but there is a caveat: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan, Call the Midwife, Band of Brothers), leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays ever worsening psychological issues. With Isaac trapped and
Continue reading →
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This October, director Stuart Stanton introduces you to ‘the family’ in No Such Things As Monsters. A young couple, Mary and David, escape to the woods for a weekend away of rest and relaxation. Mary does not know it, but this is the weekend David plans to propose. Everything changes however when they encounter a psychopathic family and they forced to fight back to survive. A top-notch Australian cast including Angel Giuffria, Matthew Clarke, Michaela Celeste, Georgia Crisfield-Smith, Rebecca Fortuna, Jacob Fyfe, Rohana Hayes, and David Macrae star in this devilishly delicious horror treat from down under. In the tradition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, No Such Thing As Monsters premieres On Demand and DVD on October 27th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsStreaming TVTrailers
It’s been twenty years since we were introduced to Bridgett and Ginger in the first Ginger Snaps movie. Now, after three films, the werewolf franchise is getting a new Series. Deadline is reporting that Sid Gentle Films and Copperhart Entertainment have teamed up for a new show executive produced by John Fawcett, co-creator and director of the original movie. Anna Ssemuyaba (“Guerrilla“) has signed on to write the script for the series of the same name. “Ginger Snaps” will center o sisters Brigette and Ginger, who are outcasts in their hometown. Inseparable, the sisters are obsessed with everything dark and macabre. The night of her first period Ginger is attacked by a werewolf and all hell breaks loose. The series will be a modernized adaptation of the female-driven horror movie we all loved. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for Ginger Snaps which starred Katharine Isabelle as Ginger and Emily Perkins as Bridgette.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Most horror films are filled with special effects, but sometimes things go too far and actors themselves get injured during filming, in an attempt to go above and beyond to make sure that their character feels authentic. Here are a few times that things went too far. Check out the list and watch the scenes where they were injured or killed. Suspiria (2018) Dakota Johnson went through agony while filming the 2o18 remake of Suspiria. Filming messed up the actress so bad that she told EW that she ended up in therapy. Filing conditions were absolutely brutal. Much of the film was shot in an abandoned hotel on top of a mountain where it was so cold the cast and crew were left freezing constantly. The physical strain from the dancing scene after the scene left the cast exhausted and in pain much of the time. The Shining During a conversation with film critic Robert Ebert, Shelly Duvall was asked
Continue reading →
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While we have to wait until next summer to watch The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It in theaters, a 30-minute documentary titled Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe Behind the Scenes was released this weekend giving us our first brief look at footage from The Conjuring 3, directed by Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona). You can watch it below. I really wanted Conjuring 3 to get away from the haunted house setup of the first two films,” Wan says in the video. “It should be on a whole different level. Something that we’ve never explored before in the Conjuring world.” Set in 1981, the film tells the story of Arne Johnson, notable for being the first time demonic possession was used as a reason for manslaughter.” “The Devil Made Me Do It reveals a chilling story of terror, murder, and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of
Continue reading →
ForeignMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho, who brought you Parasite, comes an original masterpiece, Memories of Murder, based on a shocking true story. The film, which was originally released seventeen years ago, tells a harrowing story about the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small providence in 1980s South Korea. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho and star Song Kang Ho, the film follows the paths of three increasingly desperate detectives as they attempt to decipher the violent mind of a killer. Neon presents Memories of Murder debuting on digital platforms on October 27th.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. New York filmmaker Eric Schultz’s striking feature debut, after having co-produced such acclaimed works as James White, Katie Says Goodbye, and The Strange Ones, Minor Premise
Continue reading →
