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This October Take A Terrifying Trip To ‘Lake Artifact’

This October, take a trip to the most terrifying place you’ve never heard of, Lake Artifact. In the film, “Five friends pick up a drifter on their way to a cabin in Upstate New York for a three day weekend. Upon arrival they discover a picture of themselves posing at the cabin, which they’ve never been to; Time and space begin to function without rhyme or reason, slowly turning them against each other.” “We were at an Airbnb and there were all these pictures hanging on the walls. We jokingly wondered ‘what if we saw ourselves in one of these photos’. After a few hours, the joke became more serious, and we started tossing around ideas about what that could mean if we really did discover that photo. Are we in a time loop? Are we dead? Do we have doppelgangers? The directions we could go were really exciting.” “I thought it would be interesting to try to combine my

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2020
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New Character Revealed In Set Photos From “Stranger Things”

Fans will be excited to learn that filming has resumed for the fourth season of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.” The first photos from the set have begun to emerge on social media via Best of Stranger Things, including a brand new character played by Levon Hawke, who happens to the brother of “Stranger Things” actress Maya Hawke who plays the role of Robin Buckley. In case you weren’t aware, Maya and Levon are the children of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. This season, “Back in the states, a new horror is beginning to surface, something long-buried, something that connects everything.” Hopper finds himself “imprisoned far from home in the snowy wasteland of Kamchatka, where he will face dangers both human and other.” Season 4 is shaping up to be the biggest and most frightening season yet, and we cannot wait for everyone to see more,” they added. “In the meantime — pray for the American.” The Duffer brothers stated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘Teacher Shortage’ Will School You In A Lesson In Terror

Writer-director Troy Escamilla (Party Night) wants to teach you a new lesson in terror this October with his new indie horror Teacher Shortage. Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre, Slavegirls from Beyond Infinity), Debra Lamb (Beverly Hills Vamp, Tales from the Campfire 2) star in the film that pays homage to 80s slashers. “What is supposed to be an educational and collaborative weekend professional development session for the English Department of Prescott High School instead turns into a blood-soaked nightmare when a masked killer targets them.” Teacher Shortage is out on DVD on October 27th, 2020, from Bayview Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
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Horror Documentary “Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors” Explores The 70s & 80s

Direct-to-video sequel Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors documentary on horror is this time focusing on the best of Grindhouse horror from the 1970s and 80s and it’s heading to the small screen this Halloween. Dustin Ferguson‘s (Direct To Video, Penny Pinchers, The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of The Demons) documentary features interviews with genre icons Mel Novak (A Force of Darkness), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Lynn Lowry (I Drink Your Blood), Camilla Carr (Don’t Look In The Basement), Kevin Van Hentenryck (Basket Case), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), John A. Russo (Midnight), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), Marneen Fields (Hellhole), Jonathan Peacy (I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu), Craig Reed (Ra-Animator), Frank Farel (Spookies), Craig Muckler (Microwave Massacre), and John Naulin who worked Special F/X on such classics as Halloween III: Season of The Witch, From Beyond and Re-Animator. Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors will be available on both VOD and DVD from SCS

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Celebrate Halloween With New “Creepshow” Animated Special!

Shudder continues to expand the world of their hit series “Creepshow.” They are celebrating this Halloween with a new “Creepshow Animated Special,” set to arrive exclusively on the streaming horror/thriller service this Halloween Eve. The animated special features adaptations of two stories written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill and is directed by Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) and stars Kiefer Sutherland (“24,” The Lost Boys) and Joey King ( The Kissing Booth 2, “The Act”) The first story is titled Survivor Type, it finds a man determined to survive alone on a deserted island no matter the cost. The second story, adapted by Melanie Dale, is Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, which centers on a teen on a road trip with her family who visits the gravest show on earth. Season two of “Creepshow” recently began production. That’s not all, a new book has recently landed on shelves called “Creepshow: The Taker” from Scholastic. “Creepshow”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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‘The Meg 2’ Has Caught A Director

Earlier this week I sat down for an interview with best-selling author Steve Alten, the writer behind The Meg book series, which inspired the 2018 movie of the same name, starring Jason Statham. Alten informed us that the sequel was entering production. Today we can report that Kill List, High-Rise, and Rebecca director Ben Wheatley has now come on board to direct The Meg 2, which Alten describes as “much darker.” The news came from THR who also reports that Jason Statham is expected to return in a capacity that is “creatively involved,” with the movie adapted by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. There is no word yet if anyone else is returning to reprise their roles. The Meg sunk its teeth into box offices bringing in over $500 million worldwide. Statham played the role of Jonas Taylor, who came to the aid of a group of scientists that accidentally set free a Megladon from the Marian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Meg Author Steve Alten Talks Sharks, New Series, Movies, And His New Interactive Site

Steve Alten, that’s a name most people are familiar with. He’s the best-selling author that brought us the Meg series which was adapted for the big-budget 2018 movie The Meg starring Jason Statham as well as the upcoming sequel. He also has an amazing new interactive website Sea Monster Cove that puts you in the water with ancient sea monsters, features a new exclusive web series, a video game, and a library of Alten’s novels, all for $9.95 a month. It’s continually evolving and adding new aquariums, new monsters, new books, and new series episodes. Before I sat down with Alten for an interview I explored the site, called Sea Monster Cove. I dove into the cove to cage dive with giant Makos and other sea monsters you wouldn’t want to run into. It was quite fantastic. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of Meg. I love anything to do with sharks. Where does your fascination with sharks and ancient

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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New ‘Evil Dead 2’ Details Emerge

The next installment of the Evil Dead franchise is headed your way. Directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), however, the sequel will not star Bruce Campbell or be set in the infamous cabin, word is, it will be set in a high rise. “I’m confident I’m going to do something that’s both familiar and refreshing. I’m gonna deliver a rollercoaster of horror,” Lee Cronin recently told BD’s The Boo Crew Podcast. “That’s what the goal is here. Relentless. Not stopping to explain too much. It needs to be extremely visceral, highly entertaining, properly scary. To push boundaries, that’s important as well.” Talking with AL.com earlier this week, Bruce Campbell who is producing the film gave more details, revealing that Evil Dead Rise, will feature a female heroine like the 2013 movie. What we’re doing now is we’re saying, ‘Look, this is another Evil Dead movie and that book gets around, a lot of people run into it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
Full Moon Kicks Off New Horror Line Of Collectibles

An Indepth Interview With Full Moon’s Owner Charles Band

When it comes to the horror genre, well any genre for that matter, you won’t find any filmmaker as prolific as Charles Band, owner of Full Moon Features. With over 333 titles under his belt (yes you read that right) the man is a legend! Behind movies like Castle Freak, and franchises like Puppet Master, Subspecies, and Demonic Toys, Band is busy with new projects like the Barbie and Kendra movie series filmed during the lockdown. I sat down to talk with Band, who is as nice a guy as you want to meet, to talk about Halloween, his past, his films, and the official Full Moon site where you can learn more about Charles and his projects, watch movies and find all sorts of goodies including a ton of awesome merchandise in the Full Moon store. Horror Fuel: “I need to confess, I’m a huge fan. I grew up on Full Moon and your movies. You’ve been involved with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Watch The Short Horror Thriller ‘What Have You Done’ At HorrorFuel.com

From New York-based writer-director Mike Palek comes the new short horror-thriller What Have You Done and we’ve got it right here for you to enjoy! Filmed in Brooklyn New York, this exciting film stars Jay Potter (FX’s “Rescue Me”) and Smitty Chai (NBC’s “Blindspot”). “The film is about what happens when a powerful man with a body in his trunk confronts his fixer about what to do. When the identity of the body is revealed, all hell breaks loose. The film examines the dark sides of powerful people in society, and the lengths they’ll go to keep those things secret; a timely piece in the shadow of a controversial election.” Check out What Have You Done and let us know what you think on Facebook or Twitter.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 23, 2020

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This October Take A Terrifying Trip To ‘Lake Artifact’

This October, take a trip to the most terrifying place you’ve never heard of, Lake Artifact. In the film, “Five friends pick up a drifter on their way to a cabin in Upstate New York for a three day weekend. Upon arrival they discover a picture of themselves posing at the cabin, which they’ve never been to; Time and space begin to function without rhyme or reason, slowly turning them against each other.” “We were at an Airbnb and there were all these pictures hanging on the walls. We jokingly wondered ‘what if we saw ourselves in one of these photos’. After a few hours, the joke became more serious, and we started tossing around ideas about what that could mean if we really did discover that photo. Are we in a time loop? Are we dead? Do we have doppelgangers? The directions we could go were really exciting.” “I thought it would be interesting to try to combine my

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2020
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New Character Revealed In Set Photos From “Stranger Things”

Fans will be excited to learn that filming has resumed for the fourth season of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.” The first photos from the set have begun to emerge on social media via Best of Stranger Things, including a brand new character played by Levon Hawke, who happens to the brother of “Stranger Things” actress Maya Hawke who plays the role of Robin Buckley. In case you weren’t aware, Maya and Levon are the children of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. This season, “Back in the states, a new horror is beginning to surface, something long-buried, something that connects everything.” Hopper finds himself “imprisoned far from home in the snowy wasteland of Kamchatka, where he will face dangers both human and other.” Season 4 is shaping up to be the biggest and most frightening season yet, and we cannot wait for everyone to see more,” they added. “In the meantime — pray for the American.” The Duffer brothers stated

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘Teacher Shortage’ Will School You In A Lesson In Terror

Writer-director Troy Escamilla (Party Night) wants to teach you a new lesson in terror this October with his new indie horror Teacher Shortage. Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre, Slavegirls from Beyond Infinity), Debra Lamb (Beverly Hills Vamp, Tales from the Campfire 2) star in the film that pays homage to 80s slashers. “What is supposed to be an educational and collaborative weekend professional development session for the English Department of Prescott High School instead turns into a blood-soaked nightmare when a masked killer targets them.” Teacher Shortage is out on DVD on October 27th, 2020, from Bayview Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Documentary “Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors” Explores The 70s & 80s

Direct-to-video sequel Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors documentary on horror is this time focusing on the best of Grindhouse horror from the 1970s and 80s and it’s heading to the small screen this Halloween. Dustin Ferguson‘s (Direct To Video, Penny Pinchers, The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of The Demons) documentary features interviews with genre icons Mel Novak (A Force of Darkness), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Lynn Lowry (I Drink Your Blood), Camilla Carr (Don’t Look In The Basement), Kevin Van Hentenryck (Basket Case), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), John A. Russo (Midnight), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), Marneen Fields (Hellhole), Jonathan Peacy (I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu), Craig Reed (Ra-Animator), Frank Farel (Spookies), Craig Muckler (Microwave Massacre), and John Naulin who worked Special F/X on such classics as Halloween III: Season of The Witch, From Beyond and Re-Animator. Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors will be available on both VOD and DVD from SCS

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Celebrate Halloween With New “Creepshow” Animated Special!

Shudder continues to expand the world of their hit series “Creepshow.” They are celebrating this Halloween with a new “Creepshow Animated Special,” set to arrive exclusively on the streaming horror/thriller service this Halloween Eve. The animated special features adaptations of two stories written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill and is directed by Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) and stars Kiefer Sutherland (“24,” The Lost Boys) and Joey King ( The Kissing Booth 2, “The Act”) The first story is titled Survivor Type, it finds a man determined to survive alone on a deserted island no matter the cost. The second story, adapted by Melanie Dale, is Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, which centers on a teen on a road trip with her family who visits the gravest show on earth. Season two of “Creepshow” recently began production. That’s not all, a new book has recently landed on shelves called “Creepshow: The Taker” from Scholastic. “Creepshow”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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‘The Meg 2’ Has Caught A Director

Earlier this week I sat down for an interview with best-selling author Steve Alten, the writer behind The Meg book series, which inspired the 2018 movie of the same name, starring Jason Statham. Alten informed us that the sequel was entering production. Today we can report that Kill List, High-Rise, and Rebecca director Ben Wheatley has now come on board to direct The Meg 2, which Alten describes as “much darker.” The news came from THR who also reports that Jason Statham is expected to return in a capacity that is “creatively involved,” with the movie adapted by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. There is no word yet if anyone else is returning to reprise their roles. The Meg sunk its teeth into box offices bringing in over $500 million worldwide. Statham played the role of Jonas Taylor, who came to the aid of a group of scientists that accidentally set free a Megladon from the Marian

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

Meg Author Steve Alten Talks Sharks, New Series, Movies, And His New Interactive Site

Steve Alten, that’s a name most people are familiar with. He’s the best-selling author that brought us the Meg series which was adapted for the big-budget 2018 movie The Meg starring Jason Statham as well as the upcoming sequel. He also has an amazing new interactive website Sea Monster Cove that puts you in the water with ancient sea monsters, features a new exclusive web series, a video game, and a library of Alten’s novels, all for $9.95 a month. It’s continually evolving and adding new aquariums, new monsters, new books, and new series episodes. Before I sat down with Alten for an interview I explored the site, called Sea Monster Cove. I dove into the cove to cage dive with giant Makos and other sea monsters you wouldn’t want to run into. It was quite fantastic. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of Meg. I love anything to do with sharks. Where does your fascination with sharks and ancient

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

New ‘Evil Dead 2’ Details Emerge

The next installment of the Evil Dead franchise is headed your way. Directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), however, the sequel will not star Bruce Campbell or be set in the infamous cabin, word is, it will be set in a high rise. “I’m confident I’m going to do something that’s both familiar and refreshing. I’m gonna deliver a rollercoaster of horror,” Lee Cronin recently told BD’s The Boo Crew Podcast. “That’s what the goal is here. Relentless. Not stopping to explain too much. It needs to be extremely visceral, highly entertaining, properly scary. To push boundaries, that’s important as well.” Talking with AL.com earlier this week, Bruce Campbell who is producing the film gave more details, revealing that Evil Dead Rise, will feature a female heroine like the 2013 movie. What we’re doing now is we’re saying, ‘Look, this is another Evil Dead movie and that book gets around, a lot of people run into it

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
Full Moon Kicks Off New Horror Line Of Collectibles

An Indepth Interview With Full Moon’s Owner Charles Band

When it comes to the horror genre, well any genre for that matter, you won’t find any filmmaker as prolific as Charles Band, owner of Full Moon Features. With over 333 titles under his belt (yes you read that right) the man is a legend! Behind movies like Castle Freak, and franchises like Puppet Master, Subspecies, and Demonic Toys, Band is busy with new projects like the Barbie and Kendra movie series filmed during the lockdown. I sat down to talk with Band, who is as nice a guy as you want to meet, to talk about Halloween, his past, his films, and the official Full Moon site where you can learn more about Charles and his projects, watch movies and find all sorts of goodies including a ton of awesome merchandise in the Full Moon store. Horror Fuel: “I need to confess, I’m a huge fan. I grew up on Full Moon and your movies. You’ve been involved with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Watch The Short Horror Thriller ‘What Have You Done’ At HorrorFuel.com

From New York-based writer-director Mike Palek comes the new short horror-thriller What Have You Done and we’ve got it right here for you to enjoy! Filmed in Brooklyn New York, this exciting film stars Jay Potter (FX’s “Rescue Me”) and Smitty Chai (NBC’s “Blindspot”). “The film is about what happens when a powerful man with a body in his trunk confronts his fixer about what to do. When the identity of the body is revealed, all hell breaks loose. The film examines the dark sides of powerful people in society, and the lengths they’ll go to keep those things secret; a timely piece in the shadow of a controversial election.” Check out What Have You Done and let us know what you think on Facebook or Twitter.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 23, 2020
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