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Horror Anthology ‘Scare Package’ Will Give You Chills This June On Shudder

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to horror-comedy Scare Package, from creators Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns. The anthology film, which delighted audiences at numerous festivals including the Sitges Film Festival in Spain, features seven gleefully ghoulish tales from a range of horror subgenres. We are delighted to introduce a new generation of horror voices in this smart, funny, gory, ode to horror that is Scare Package,” said Emily Gotto, Shudder’s Director of Global Acquisitions & Co-Production. People say this often, but we mean it: This truly is a movie made by horror fans, for horror fans. And we have the tears, sweat and 40+ gallons of blood to prove it. So, to be able to partner this love-letter with Shudder was a dream come true and hopefully can be a wild and hilarious distraction in our newly confined times,” said producer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
Horror Fuel

This May ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Comes Home

This May bring home Brams: The Boy II. Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond the Pines) for the eerie second installment that features outstanding supporting performances by Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment, American Sniper), Christopher Convery (“Gotham,” “Stranger Things”), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, “Chernobyl”). Audiences everywhere can now witness the haunting story of Brahms slowly unfold, as it exposes a trail

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘The New Mutants’ Finally Heading To Theaters

With theaters now having a re-open date, movie premiere dates are beginning to be announced, including the long-delayed superhero horror movie The New Mutants. The New Mutants stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin, known Magik; Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie who plays Cannonball; Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/ Wolfsbane; Henry Zaga co-stars as Roberto da Costa, known as Sunspot, a mutant with the ability to absorb and channel solar power; and Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar, a Native American telepath known as “Mirage”. Alice Braga stars as Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a doctor with the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself but is capable with more power than she lets on. In the movie, “Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.” Head to theaters on August 28, 2020 to witness The New Mutants in action.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
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“Swamp Thing” Series Finds A New Home At The CW

Nearly a year ago, DC broke the news that they were canceling the series “Swamp Thing“. News has come that CW has picked up the rights and is planning to air the series on its network. And we can’t help but wonder if maybe the classic comic book character is still lurking in the swamp, ready to return. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane. When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all.” The James Wan produced series stars Derek Mears who plays the role of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

Russell Crowe Has A Serious Case Of Road Rage In ‘Unhinged’ – In Theaters This July

Theaters are gearing up to reopen. One of the first films to premiere is the brutal, action-packed movie Unhinged, from director Derrick Borte and writer Carl Ellsworth. We got the new intense trailer that will make you think twice about how you drive. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we’ve all experienced- road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

Today, ‘The Invisible Man’ Comes Home

You can’t escape what you can’t see…in The Invisible Man. Today, he comes home. Already considered the best horror movie of the year by Horror Fuel (review), The Invisible Man stars Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss (Us, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) in a new terrifying tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer (NBC’s The InBetween), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid, HBO’s Euphoria). But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House”) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

Shudder’s Hit Series “Creepshow” Arriving On Blu-ray and DVD This June

Shudder’s original series “Creepshow” continues to smash ratings on the streaming genre service. Soon you can get your copy of season one on Blu-ray and DVD, from RLJE Films. The six-episode first season of the horror-comedy from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) stars Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), Adrienne Barbeau (Escape From New York), Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), Cailey Fleming (“The Walking Dead”), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi (Bill & Ted Face the Music), DJ Qualls (“The Man in the High Castle”), Bruce Davison (X-Men), David Arquette (Scream franchise), Dana Gould (“Stan Against Evil”), and Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica”). “Creepshow” Season 1, based on George A. Romero’s 1982 horror-comedy classic, is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of twelve vignettes over six episodes, exploring terrors from murder to the supernatural and unexplainable. Haunted dollhouses, werewolves, murderous goblins, villainous trick-or-treaters, the dead, and medical marvels are just

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2020
Horror Fuel

A First Look At The Holiday Horror Comedy ‘Creatures’

From director Tony Jopia (interview), the filmmaker behind Cute Little Buggers and the executive producer of The Hive, Good Tidings, and Crying Wolf comes the new sci-fi horror comedy Creatures. In the film, A group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien Creatures.’ Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC wanted to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horroromedies truly away.” Director Tony Jopia states. “Creatures will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest movie yet, it’s going to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Hereditary’ Actor In Talks To Star In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller

Last September, Universal Pictures announced that two M. Night Shyamalan thrillers would be released, with the first film arriving in February of next year. Thanks to the pandemic, the first film will be delayed, however, Shyamalan is moving forward with the second film and has begun the casting process. Collider is reporting that Hereditary star Alex Wolff is now in talks to star as one of the lead characters. Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Thomasin McKenzie, and Vicky Krieps are also in negotiations to star in the film described as “weird and dark” by the filmmaker. Filming is set to begin the moment production in the US is safe. At this time, no plot details have been released, but we’ll let you know as soon as they are.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2020
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Mike Flanagan Adapting Stephen King’s ‘Revival’

The past few years, Stephen King adaptations have filled theaters and streaming services (not that we’re complaining). News has now come via THR that director Mike Flanagan, who adapted King’s sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, as well as Gerald’s Game, is now adapting King’s 2014 novel Revival. Flanagan will be writing, producing, and possibly directing the Warner Bros. film with Doctor Sleep‘s Trevor Macy also signed on to produce. The novel centers on the relationship between a heroin-addicted musician and a dubious faith healer with a hidden agenda. The minister is obsessed with trying to find a way to communicate with his departed wife and child but ends up reaching a Lovecraftian horror. Back in 2016, it was announced that an adaptation of Revival was being written by Josh Boone while he was working on his adaptation of The Stand, but the film never materialized. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2020

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Horror Anthology ‘Scare Package’ Will Give You Chills This June On Shudder

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to horror-comedy Scare Package, from creators Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns. The anthology film, which delighted audiences at numerous festivals including the Sitges Film Festival in Spain, features seven gleefully ghoulish tales from a range of horror subgenres. We are delighted to introduce a new generation of horror voices in this smart, funny, gory, ode to horror that is Scare Package,” said Emily Gotto, Shudder’s Director of Global Acquisitions & Co-Production. People say this often, but we mean it: This truly is a movie made by horror fans, for horror fans. And we have the tears, sweat and 40+ gallons of blood to prove it. So, to be able to partner this love-letter with Shudder was a dream come true and hopefully can be a wild and hilarious distraction in our newly confined times,” said producer

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
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This May ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Comes Home

This May bring home Brams: The Boy II. Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond the Pines) for the eerie second installment that features outstanding supporting performances by Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment, American Sniper), Christopher Convery (“Gotham,” “Stranger Things”), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, “Chernobyl”). Audiences everywhere can now witness the haunting story of Brahms slowly unfold, as it exposes a trail

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘The New Mutants’ Finally Heading To Theaters

With theaters now having a re-open date, movie premiere dates are beginning to be announced, including the long-delayed superhero horror movie The New Mutants. The New Mutants stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin, known Magik; Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie who plays Cannonball; Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/ Wolfsbane; Henry Zaga co-stars as Roberto da Costa, known as Sunspot, a mutant with the ability to absorb and channel solar power; and Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar, a Native American telepath known as “Mirage”. Alice Braga stars as Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a doctor with the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself but is capable with more power than she lets on. In the movie, “Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.” Head to theaters on August 28, 2020 to witness The New Mutants in action.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
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“Swamp Thing” Series Finds A New Home At The CW

Nearly a year ago, DC broke the news that they were canceling the series “Swamp Thing“. News has come that CW has picked up the rights and is planning to air the series on its network. And we can’t help but wonder if maybe the classic comic book character is still lurking in the swamp, ready to return. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane. When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all.” The James Wan produced series stars Derek Mears who plays the role of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

Russell Crowe Has A Serious Case Of Road Rage In ‘Unhinged’ – In Theaters This July

Theaters are gearing up to reopen. One of the first films to premiere is the brutal, action-packed movie Unhinged, from director Derrick Borte and writer Carl Ellsworth. We got the new intense trailer that will make you think twice about how you drive. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we’ve all experienced- road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
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Today, ‘The Invisible Man’ Comes Home

You can’t escape what you can’t see…in The Invisible Man. Today, he comes home. Already considered the best horror movie of the year by Horror Fuel (review), The Invisible Man stars Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss (Us, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) in a new terrifying tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer (NBC’s The InBetween), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid, HBO’s Euphoria). But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House”) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

Shudder’s Hit Series “Creepshow” Arriving On Blu-ray and DVD This June

Shudder’s original series “Creepshow” continues to smash ratings on the streaming genre service. Soon you can get your copy of season one on Blu-ray and DVD, from RLJE Films. The six-episode first season of the horror-comedy from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) stars Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), Adrienne Barbeau (Escape From New York), Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), Cailey Fleming (“The Walking Dead”), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi (Bill & Ted Face the Music), DJ Qualls (“The Man in the High Castle”), Bruce Davison (X-Men), David Arquette (Scream franchise), Dana Gould (“Stan Against Evil”), and Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica”). “Creepshow” Season 1, based on George A. Romero’s 1982 horror-comedy classic, is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of twelve vignettes over six episodes, exploring terrors from murder to the supernatural and unexplainable. Haunted dollhouses, werewolves, murderous goblins, villainous trick-or-treaters, the dead, and medical marvels are just

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2020
Horror Fuel

A First Look At The Holiday Horror Comedy ‘Creatures’

From director Tony Jopia (interview), the filmmaker behind Cute Little Buggers and the executive producer of The Hive, Good Tidings, and Crying Wolf comes the new sci-fi horror comedy Creatures. In the film, A group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien Creatures.’ Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC wanted to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horroromedies truly away.” Director Tony Jopia states. “Creatures will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest movie yet, it’s going to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2020
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‘Hereditary’ Actor In Talks To Star In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller

Last September, Universal Pictures announced that two M. Night Shyamalan thrillers would be released, with the first film arriving in February of next year. Thanks to the pandemic, the first film will be delayed, however, Shyamalan is moving forward with the second film and has begun the casting process. Collider is reporting that Hereditary star Alex Wolff is now in talks to star as one of the lead characters. Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Thomasin McKenzie, and Vicky Krieps are also in negotiations to star in the film described as “weird and dark” by the filmmaker. Filming is set to begin the moment production in the US is safe. At this time, no plot details have been released, but we’ll let you know as soon as they are.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2020
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Mike Flanagan Adapting Stephen King’s ‘Revival’

The past few years, Stephen King adaptations have filled theaters and streaming services (not that we’re complaining). News has now come via THR that director Mike Flanagan, who adapted King’s sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, as well as Gerald’s Game, is now adapting King’s 2014 novel Revival. Flanagan will be writing, producing, and possibly directing the Warner Bros. film with Doctor Sleep‘s Trevor Macy also signed on to produce. The novel centers on the relationship between a heroin-addicted musician and a dubious faith healer with a hidden agenda. The minister is obsessed with trying to find a way to communicate with his departed wife and child but ends up reaching a Lovecraftian horror. Back in 2016, it was announced that an adaptation of Revival was being written by Josh Boone while he was working on his adaptation of The Stand, but the film never materialized. We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2020
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