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Leigh Whannell’s ‘Upgrade’ Is Getting A Series Adaptation

Blumhouse Television and UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, are teaming up for the series adaption of Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi, thriller Upgrade, which Whannell co-created and will direct, as well as executive produce along with showrunner Tim Walsh (Treadstone, Chicago P.D., Shooter). The series picks up a few years after the events of the film and broadens the universe with an evolved version of STEM and a new host in a world in which the government repurposes STEM to help curb criminal activity. A writer’s room has begun work on the series’ first season. Krystal Ziv Houghton and James Roland, who ran the second season of The Purge, have joined Whannell and Walsh. The film, which Whannell both wrote and directed, starred Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, and Harrison Gilbertson. In the film, after his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace (Marshall-Green) is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2020
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The Disturbing Trailer For Anthology ‘Murder Manual’ Has Arrived

The trailer has arrived for Murder Manual, the new horror anthology starring “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke. Each segment of the anthology is connected and comes together to create a murder manual. Its eight tales featuring multiple classic horror tropes including zombies, masked killers, and the paranormal. Clarke stars as Maula, a captive of a circus who attempts to escape her husband’s torment. The film’s cast also includes Bryan Manley Davis (Percy Jackson And The Olympians) and The Legend of Tarzan‘s Hadley Fraser. The film, from Ammo Content and Hewes Pictures, features, an impressive list of directors that includes Matt Newton, Douglas Keeve, Nour Wazzi, Toni Tikkanen, and Robin Whitten. Murder Manual is now available on Amazon and will soon be On Demand.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2020
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Free Horror App ‘Slasher’ Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary

On May 31, 2020, Slasher, the free, independently-created social app, designed to bring the horror community closer together, will celebrate its first year online. To commemorate the anniversary, Damon has shared the story of how Slasher came to be, as well as some of his experiences over the past year. In May of 2019, the first version of Slasher was released to the public, on iOS and Android in the U.S. and Canada, with little fanfare. Originally designed as an experiment, it began to catch on. It wasn’t until the subsequent release of 2.0 that it found an extremely passionate and loyal base of horror fans and professionals, many of whom often share stories of how Slasher made a difference in their lives. With a very lofty goal of giving everyone in the horror community a chance to connect with one another, from fans to professionals, creator Damon Della Greca has been working tirelessly to deliver. Now, celebrities, producers, directors,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2020
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The Trailer For ‘The Luring’ Teases An Unspeakable Act

From writer-director Christopher Wells comes The Luring, a terrifying new psychological horror film coming this summer from Wild Eye Releasing! In the film, a man tries to recover a lost memory by returning to his family’s Vermont vacation home where an unspeakable act took place leaving him institutionalized as a child. Rick Irwin, Dan Berkey, Molly Fahey, Henry Gagliardi, and Michaela Sprague star in The Luring, available on digital and DVD June 16th from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 27, 2020
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Horror Comedy ‘Two Heads Creek’ Slashes Its Way Onto VOD & On Demand This June

The Horror Collective is gearing up to unleash the side-splitting Aussie horror-comedy Two Heads Creek this June. In the film, written by Jordan Waller and directed by Jesse O’Brien (Alien Arrival), “a timid butcher and his drama-queen twin sister adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.” The film stars Kathryn Wilder (Murder on the Orient Express), Jordan Waller (Darkest Hour), Kerry Armstrong (The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit trilogy), Gary Sweet (Wolf Creek), Don Bridges (Judy & Punch), Kevin Harrington (Seachange), and Helen Dallimore (Into the Woods). Jayne Chard and Judd Tilyard serve as producers. Vickie Gest and Brett Thornquest co-produce with Steven Matusko serving as executive producer. Two Heads Creek is set to be released on June 23rd on VOD and On Demand.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 27, 2020
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“American Horror Story” Spin-Off Is Officially Happening

A few weeks ago “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy announced that the was working on a spin-off to his hit anthology series. Titled “American Horror Stories,” the show has officially been given the green light by FX. The new weekly anthology series will have a different tale each week and will likely feature the cast of the original series, according to Variety. “American Horror Story” remains the longest-running one-hour series in FX’s history with it already renewed through its thirteenth season. Season one through nine of “AHS” is now streaming on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2020
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Dating Thriller ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Premiering Exclusively On Prime

Shana Feste’s supernatural horror film, Run Sweetheart Run, from Blumhouse Productions and Automatik, will debut worldwide exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Written and directed by Feste, Run Sweetheart Run stars Ella Balinska (Charlie’s Angels), Pilou Asbæk (“Game of Thrones”), Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Dayo Okeniyi (Shades of Blue), Betsy Brandt (“Breaking Bad”), Clark Gregg (The Avengers) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (Star Trek Beyond, House of Sand and Fog). In Run Sweetheart Run, a blind date turns violent and the woman has to get home on foot through Los Angeles as she’s pursued by her date. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Blumhouse and Automatik to bring this thriller to our global Prime Video customers,” said Matt Newman, Co-Head of Movies at Amazon Studios. “Filmmaker Shana Feste takes the audience on a knuckle-bending ride that is sure to keep genre fans on the edge of their seats.” As crazy as audiences may find the film protagonist’s experience, I wrote

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2020
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‘Before The Fire’ Trailer Teases People Are More Dangerous Than Any Pandemic

With perfect timing, Dark Sky Films has released the trailer for the pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature of Charlie Buhler. Jenna Lyng Adams of “The Kominsky Method,” wrote and stars in the film that follows Ava Boone (Adams), a Hollywood actress whose rising career is cut short when a pandemic influenza sends her back to the small town she fled years before, only to find something more dangerous than any virus waiting for her. Instead of shelter, her South Dakota hometown brings her face to face with unforeseen peril. Adams stars alongside Jackson Davis (Vida), Ryan Vigilant (Naked As We Came), and Charles Hubbell. Audiences are thirsty for unconventional, layered and imperfect women on-screen. Dark Sky Films has been known to support female-driven films and we are happy to have found the right partnership for this movie.” Adams states. Before the Fire made its festival debut just before the Covid pandemic struck. It is now set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2020
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Miles Doleac Talks Dinner Parties, Cannibalism, And So Much More In Our Interview

Back in 2016 I sat down with actor-writer-director Miles Doleac to talk about several of his films in an interview. With the upcoming release of his film The Dinner Party I thought it was fitting to catch up with him to talk about the film as well as what he’s been up to the last four years. In The Dinner Party, a couple is invited to an exclusive dinner party, not knowing that they are on the menu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0XXNbdyjI[/embedyt] Horror Fuel: “It’s been a while since we got the chance to catch up. What have you been up to?” Miles Doleac: “I’m teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans, the film program there, which is a great gig. I’ve been gearing up for the release of The Dinner Party. I’ve also been juggling a couple of other projects, one of which I was supposed to do this summer, but now, with COVID, of course, that’s up on the air. But,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2020
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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ May Not Be The Last Of The Franchise

We’ve long thought that the next film of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World: Dominion, will be the last. But that might not be true after all. Producer Frank Marshall has now teased that Dominion is just the beginning. Marshall told Collider that Dominion will start “a new era” for the franchise. It’s the start of a new era,” Marshall told the site this week. “The dinosaurs are now on the mainland amongst us, and they will be for quite some time, I hope.” The last installment, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ended with a cliffhanger and dinosaurs running into our world for the first time. Jurassic World: Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) will pick up with dinosaurs living among us. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Jurassic World: Dominion is set to be released on June 11, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2020

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Leigh Whannell’s ‘Upgrade’ Is Getting A Series Adaptation

Blumhouse Television and UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, are teaming up for the series adaption of Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi, thriller Upgrade, which Whannell co-created and will direct, as well as executive produce along with showrunner Tim Walsh (Treadstone, Chicago P.D., Shooter). The series picks up a few years after the events of the film and broadens the universe with an evolved version of STEM and a new host in a world in which the government repurposes STEM to help curb criminal activity. A writer’s room has begun work on the series’ first season. Krystal Ziv Houghton and James Roland, who ran the second season of The Purge, have joined Whannell and Walsh. The film, which Whannell both wrote and directed, starred Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, and Harrison Gilbertson. In the film, after his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace (Marshall-Green) is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2020
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The Disturbing Trailer For Anthology ‘Murder Manual’ Has Arrived

The trailer has arrived for Murder Manual, the new horror anthology starring “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke. Each segment of the anthology is connected and comes together to create a murder manual. Its eight tales featuring multiple classic horror tropes including zombies, masked killers, and the paranormal. Clarke stars as Maula, a captive of a circus who attempts to escape her husband’s torment. The film’s cast also includes Bryan Manley Davis (Percy Jackson And The Olympians) and The Legend of Tarzan‘s Hadley Fraser. The film, from Ammo Content and Hewes Pictures, features, an impressive list of directors that includes Matt Newton, Douglas Keeve, Nour Wazzi, Toni Tikkanen, and Robin Whitten. Murder Manual is now available on Amazon and will soon be On Demand.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2020
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Free Horror App ‘Slasher’ Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary

On May 31, 2020, Slasher, the free, independently-created social app, designed to bring the horror community closer together, will celebrate its first year online. To commemorate the anniversary, Damon has shared the story of how Slasher came to be, as well as some of his experiences over the past year. In May of 2019, the first version of Slasher was released to the public, on iOS and Android in the U.S. and Canada, with little fanfare. Originally designed as an experiment, it began to catch on. It wasn’t until the subsequent release of 2.0 that it found an extremely passionate and loyal base of horror fans and professionals, many of whom often share stories of how Slasher made a difference in their lives. With a very lofty goal of giving everyone in the horror community a chance to connect with one another, from fans to professionals, creator Damon Della Greca has been working tirelessly to deliver. Now, celebrities, producers, directors,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2020
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The Trailer For ‘The Luring’ Teases An Unspeakable Act

From writer-director Christopher Wells comes The Luring, a terrifying new psychological horror film coming this summer from Wild Eye Releasing! In the film, a man tries to recover a lost memory by returning to his family’s Vermont vacation home where an unspeakable act took place leaving him institutionalized as a child. Rick Irwin, Dan Berkey, Molly Fahey, Henry Gagliardi, and Michaela Sprague star in The Luring, available on digital and DVD June 16th from Wild Eye Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 27, 2020
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Horror Comedy ‘Two Heads Creek’ Slashes Its Way Onto VOD & On Demand This June

The Horror Collective is gearing up to unleash the side-splitting Aussie horror-comedy Two Heads Creek this June. In the film, written by Jordan Waller and directed by Jesse O’Brien (Alien Arrival), “a timid butcher and his drama-queen twin sister adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.” The film stars Kathryn Wilder (Murder on the Orient Express), Jordan Waller (Darkest Hour), Kerry Armstrong (The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit trilogy), Gary Sweet (Wolf Creek), Don Bridges (Judy & Punch), Kevin Harrington (Seachange), and Helen Dallimore (Into the Woods). Jayne Chard and Judd Tilyard serve as producers. Vickie Gest and Brett Thornquest co-produce with Steven Matusko serving as executive producer. Two Heads Creek is set to be released on June 23rd on VOD and On Demand.

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“American Horror Story” Spin-Off Is Officially Happening

A few weeks ago “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy announced that the was working on a spin-off to his hit anthology series. Titled “American Horror Stories,” the show has officially been given the green light by FX. The new weekly anthology series will have a different tale each week and will likely feature the cast of the original series, according to Variety. “American Horror Story” remains the longest-running one-hour series in FX’s history with it already renewed through its thirteenth season. Season one through nine of “AHS” is now streaming on Hulu.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2020
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Dating Thriller ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Premiering Exclusively On Prime

Shana Feste’s supernatural horror film, Run Sweetheart Run, from Blumhouse Productions and Automatik, will debut worldwide exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Written and directed by Feste, Run Sweetheart Run stars Ella Balinska (Charlie’s Angels), Pilou Asbæk (“Game of Thrones”), Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Dayo Okeniyi (Shades of Blue), Betsy Brandt (“Breaking Bad”), Clark Gregg (The Avengers) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (Star Trek Beyond, House of Sand and Fog). In Run Sweetheart Run, a blind date turns violent and the woman has to get home on foot through Los Angeles as she’s pursued by her date. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Blumhouse and Automatik to bring this thriller to our global Prime Video customers,” said Matt Newman, Co-Head of Movies at Amazon Studios. “Filmmaker Shana Feste takes the audience on a knuckle-bending ride that is sure to keep genre fans on the edge of their seats.” As crazy as audiences may find the film protagonist’s experience, I wrote

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2020
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‘Before The Fire’ Trailer Teases People Are More Dangerous Than Any Pandemic

With perfect timing, Dark Sky Films has released the trailer for the pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature of Charlie Buhler. Jenna Lyng Adams of “The Kominsky Method,” wrote and stars in the film that follows Ava Boone (Adams), a Hollywood actress whose rising career is cut short when a pandemic influenza sends her back to the small town she fled years before, only to find something more dangerous than any virus waiting for her. Instead of shelter, her South Dakota hometown brings her face to face with unforeseen peril. Adams stars alongside Jackson Davis (Vida), Ryan Vigilant (Naked As We Came), and Charles Hubbell. Audiences are thirsty for unconventional, layered and imperfect women on-screen. Dark Sky Films has been known to support female-driven films and we are happy to have found the right partnership for this movie.” Adams states. Before the Fire made its festival debut just before the Covid pandemic struck. It is now set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
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Miles Doleac Talks Dinner Parties, Cannibalism, And So Much More In Our Interview

Back in 2016 I sat down with actor-writer-director Miles Doleac to talk about several of his films in an interview. With the upcoming release of his film The Dinner Party I thought it was fitting to catch up with him to talk about the film as well as what he’s been up to the last four years. In The Dinner Party, a couple is invited to an exclusive dinner party, not knowing that they are on the menu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0XXNbdyjI[/embedyt] Horror Fuel: “It’s been a while since we got the chance to catch up. What have you been up to?” Miles Doleac: “I’m teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans, the film program there, which is a great gig. I’ve been gearing up for the release of The Dinner Party. I’ve also been juggling a couple of other projects, one of which I was supposed to do this summer, but now, with COVID, of course, that’s up on the air. But,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2020
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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ May Not Be The Last Of The Franchise

We’ve long thought that the next film of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World: Dominion, will be the last. But that might not be true after all. Producer Frank Marshall has now teased that Dominion is just the beginning. Marshall told Collider that Dominion will start “a new era” for the franchise. It’s the start of a new era,” Marshall told the site this week. “The dinosaurs are now on the mainland amongst us, and they will be for quite some time, I hope.” The last installment, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ended with a cliffhanger and dinosaurs running into our world for the first time. Jurassic World: Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) will pick up with dinosaurs living among us. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Jurassic World: Dominion is set to be released on June 11, 2021.

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