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We’ve got the new trailer for writer-director Johnny Hickey’s (Oxy Morons) new drug-fueled indie horror film, Habitual. In the film starring Chris ‘CT’ Tamburello (MTV’s The Challenge) and Thomas Walton (Room 9) after sniffing drugs and going to a rave being held at an abandoned asylum, a group of young adults is stalked by a relentless, malevolent presence, and their grasp on reality is torn limb from limb. A few years back, Boston-bred filmmaker Johnny Hickey brought the OxyContin epidemic to America’s attention with Oxy Morons. Based on his life, trials, and near-death experiences in the nascent throes of the opioid crisis, the film was a gut-wrenching wakeup call to anybody who at that point hadn’t come to understand the dangers of prescription painkillers. For his second feature film, Habitual, which is planned for release this coming fall, Hickey kept the theme in his macabre wheelhouse but also dove much deeper into horror territory in order to capture the nightmare
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When it comes to award-winning psychological horror you don’t get much better than The Silence of the Lambs, but what happened to Agent Starling following her encounters with Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill? We’ll soon find out. CBS has now given the series order for the spin-off of The Silence of the Lambs titled “Clarice“. Agent Clarice Starling will be played by “Pretty Little Liars” actress Rebecca Breeds, a role originally played by Jody Foster. Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, “Designated Survivor”), Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”), Nick Sandow (“Orange Is the New Black), Lucca De Oliveria (“Seal Team”), and Devyn A. Tyler (“The Purge”) also star. Set in 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, the series dives deep into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling as she returns to the field to pursue serial killers and sexual predators in Washington, D.C. after her encounter with serial killer
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The team behind Netflix’s hit series “The Haunting of Hill House” is now set to adapt the Christopher Pike novel “The Midnight Club” for the streaming giant, according to Variety. Originally published back in 1994, the story is set at Rotterdam Home, a hospice for terminally ill teens. A group of patients begins to gather at midnights to share scary stories. Eventually, they make a pact that whichever kid dies first they will contact the others from beyond the grave. Mike Flanagan, who brought us “Haunting of Hill House” and will deliver its sequel “The Haunting of Bly Manor” later this year, also serves as the creator for the adaptation along with Leah Fong. Flanagan will executive produce under the Intrepid Pictures banner along with Trevor Macy. Fong will also executive produce. Flanagan is also behind many incredible films, including the adaptation of Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, as well as King’s Gerald’s Game, Oculus, and the
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With isolation and quarantine taking place around the world people are getting creative and hosting live-stream events. During the #FearlessAtHome event yesterday the horror-themed theatercore group Ice Nine Kills celebrated the 40th anniversary of the genre classic Friday the 13th with the debut of their song “Jason’s Mom“, a parody of “Stacey’s Mom”, just in time to celebrate one of the deadliest moms on film for Mother’s Day. The band dedicated the performance to Adam Schlesinger who wrote the song “Stacey’s Mom.” Speaking on their re-imagining of the “Fountains of Wayne” classic track and the 40th Anniversary of Friday The 13th, INK frontman, Spencer Charnas says: Today marks the 40th anniversary of Friday The 13th and with tomorrow being Mother’s Day, we thought this acoustic cover would be the perfect way to celebrate. We want to dedicate this to the memory of the inspirational songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who co-wrote this amazing and enduring pop song for Fountains Of Wayne. We
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Invisible Man actress Elisabeth Moss stars in Shirley, the incredible thriller directed by Josephine Decker and written by Sarah Gubbins. Based on the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell, the film centers on renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson who is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door. Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, and Logan Lerman also star in Shirley which will be released everywhere on June 5th, from NEON.
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to writer-director Joko Anwar’s hit horror film Impetigore (aka Perempuan Tanah Jahanam) which had its international premiere at Sundance after a smash run in Anwar’s home country of Indonesia, where it was the fifth highest-grossing release of 2019. In the film, Maya with her best friend, Dini, tries to survive in a city without a family. She realized that she might inherit a property from her rich family. Maya returns to the village with Dini and unaware of the danger was waiting for her. Joko Anwar is a master of modern horror, and Satan’s Slaves is one of the most loved — and scariest — movies on Shudder. We couldn’t wait to work with him again and are thrilled to share his scary, visceral and darkly sinister Impetigore with Shudder members,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager.
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The invasion horror Becky is set to arrive this June and we’ve got the brutal trailer ahead on next month’s release. Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, and Joel McHale star in Becky, directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott and written by Nick Morris and Ruckus Skye & Lane Skye. In the film, “spunky and rebellious, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff (Joel McHale) in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Kevin James), suddenly invade the lake house.” Witness the brutality that is Becky, on Digital and On Demand on June 5, 2020.
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Giant Pictures is set to unleash their recently acquired sci-fi thriller Volition this July, which marks the directorial debut of Tony Dean Smith, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Ryan W. Smith (Next Gen). Adrian Glynn McMorran (The Revenant), Magda Apanowicz (You), John Cassini (The Possession), Frank Cassini (Watchmen), Aleks Paunovic (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Bill Marchant (Godzilla) star. It was produced in association with Paly Productions and Smith Brothers Film Company. “A great debut for the Smith Brothers, VOLITION is sure to deliver thrills and a mind-bending experience to sci-fans everywhere,” said Courtney Cox, Manager of Content Acquisitions & Marketing at Giant Pictures. “We are thrilled to be bringing it to digital platforms.” Volition is a time-bending cerebral science-fiction thriller where a man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder. Awarded as best feature at the Philip K.
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Rock & Roll meets horror in Chase Smith‘s genre film, Dark Roads 79, the newly acquired film from Terror Films. The fantastic cast includes April Bogenschutz (Penance Lane), Eddie George (“Ballers”), David Flannery (Detroit), Chase Smith, Jessica Sonneborn, and horror icon Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell). The film centers on a southern rock band known as Dark Roads, whose time in the spotlight has come to an abrupt end. To find a new sound and regain their fame and fortune, they head to a secluded cabin to work on a new album. One by one, each band member begins to meet their demise and the survivors soon discover that the frontman of the band sold his soul to the devil – for the fame and fortune they’ve enjoyed. Now, the time has come to pay back this debt with their souls! Written and directed by Chase Smith (Creature Feature) also features an original soundtrack by Smith, which
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Character actor David Howard Thorton, best known for his role as Art the Clown for the indie hit Terrifier, has joined the cast of Heart and Fire Productions and Spirit Reckoning LLC’s upcoming horror western Spirit Reckoning. Thorton is set to play the role of the Skull Cowboy who was once a human named Sam Conley. Sam was murdered alongside his family and brought back to life by an Indian Shaman who turned him into an avenging Skull Cowboy. Thorton joins previously announced cast Sean Patrick Flannery of The Boondock Saints, and Lew Temple of “The Walking Dead” as well as The Devil’s Rejects. Spirit Reckoning is a fun-filled action-horror-western that has never been done like this before and we’re billing it as John Woo meets Sergio Leone meets the horror genre”, said writer-director Jimmy Lee Combs. “I have been absolutely mesmerized by David Howard Thornton since seeing him as Art the Clown in Terrifier. The eerie pizza parlor scene
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We’ve got the new trailer for writer-director Johnny Hickey’s (Oxy Morons) new drug-fueled indie horror film, Habitual. In the film starring Chris ‘CT’ Tamburello (MTV’s The Challenge) and Thomas Walton (Room 9) after sniffing drugs and going to a rave being held at an abandoned asylum, a group of young adults is stalked by a relentless, malevolent presence, and their grasp on reality is torn limb from limb. A few years back, Boston-bred filmmaker Johnny Hickey brought the OxyContin epidemic to America’s attention with Oxy Morons. Based on his life, trials, and near-death experiences in the nascent throes of the opioid crisis, the film was a gut-wrenching wakeup call to anybody who at that point hadn’t come to understand the dangers of prescription painkillers. For his second feature film, Habitual, which is planned for release this coming fall, Hickey kept the theme in his macabre wheelhouse but also dove much deeper into horror territory in order to capture the nightmare
Continue reading →
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When it comes to award-winning psychological horror you don’t get much better than The Silence of the Lambs, but what happened to Agent Starling following her encounters with Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill? We’ll soon find out. CBS has now given the series order for the spin-off of The Silence of the Lambs titled “Clarice“. Agent Clarice Starling will be played by “Pretty Little Liars” actress Rebecca Breeds, a role originally played by Jody Foster. Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, “Designated Survivor”), Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”), Nick Sandow (“Orange Is the New Black), Lucca De Oliveria (“Seal Team”), and Devyn A. Tyler (“The Purge”) also star. Set in 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, the series dives deep into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling as she returns to the field to pursue serial killers and sexual predators in Washington, D.C. after her encounter with serial killer
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The team behind Netflix’s hit series “The Haunting of Hill House” is now set to adapt the Christopher Pike novel “The Midnight Club” for the streaming giant, according to Variety. Originally published back in 1994, the story is set at Rotterdam Home, a hospice for terminally ill teens. A group of patients begins to gather at midnights to share scary stories. Eventually, they make a pact that whichever kid dies first they will contact the others from beyond the grave. Mike Flanagan, who brought us “Haunting of Hill House” and will deliver its sequel “The Haunting of Bly Manor” later this year, also serves as the creator for the adaptation along with Leah Fong. Flanagan will executive produce under the Intrepid Pictures banner along with Trevor Macy. Fong will also executive produce. Flanagan is also behind many incredible films, including the adaptation of Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, as well as King’s Gerald’s Game, Oculus, and the
Continue reading →
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With isolation and quarantine taking place around the world people are getting creative and hosting live-stream events. During the #FearlessAtHome event yesterday the horror-themed theatercore group Ice Nine Kills celebrated the 40th anniversary of the genre classic Friday the 13th with the debut of their song “Jason’s Mom“, a parody of “Stacey’s Mom”, just in time to celebrate one of the deadliest moms on film for Mother’s Day. The band dedicated the performance to Adam Schlesinger who wrote the song “Stacey’s Mom.” Speaking on their re-imagining of the “Fountains of Wayne” classic track and the 40th Anniversary of Friday The 13th, INK frontman, Spencer Charnas says: Today marks the 40th anniversary of Friday The 13th and with tomorrow being Mother’s Day, we thought this acoustic cover would be the perfect way to celebrate. We want to dedicate this to the memory of the inspirational songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who co-wrote this amazing and enduring pop song for Fountains Of Wayne. We
Continue reading →
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Invisible Man actress Elisabeth Moss stars in Shirley, the incredible thriller directed by Josephine Decker and written by Sarah Gubbins. Based on the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell, the film centers on renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson who is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door. Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, and Logan Lerman also star in Shirley which will be released everywhere on June 5th, from NEON.
Continue reading →
ForeignMoviesNewsShudderStreaming TVTrailers
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to writer-director Joko Anwar’s hit horror film Impetigore (aka Perempuan Tanah Jahanam) which had its international premiere at Sundance after a smash run in Anwar’s home country of Indonesia, where it was the fifth highest-grossing release of 2019. In the film, Maya with her best friend, Dini, tries to survive in a city without a family. She realized that she might inherit a property from her rich family. Maya returns to the village with Dini and unaware of the danger was waiting for her. Joko Anwar is a master of modern horror, and Satan’s Slaves is one of the most loved — and scariest — movies on Shudder. We couldn’t wait to work with him again and are thrilled to share his scary, visceral and darkly sinister Impetigore with Shudder members,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager.
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The invasion horror Becky is set to arrive this June and we’ve got the brutal trailer ahead on next month’s release. Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, and Joel McHale star in Becky, directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott and written by Nick Morris and Ruckus Skye & Lane Skye. In the film, “spunky and rebellious, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff (Joel McHale) in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Kevin James), suddenly invade the lake house.” Witness the brutality that is Becky, on Digital and On Demand on June 5, 2020.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsThriller
Giant Pictures is set to unleash their recently acquired sci-fi thriller Volition this July, which marks the directorial debut of Tony Dean Smith, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Ryan W. Smith (Next Gen). Adrian Glynn McMorran (The Revenant), Magda Apanowicz (You), John Cassini (The Possession), Frank Cassini (Watchmen), Aleks Paunovic (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Bill Marchant (Godzilla) star. It was produced in association with Paly Productions and Smith Brothers Film Company. “A great debut for the Smith Brothers, VOLITION is sure to deliver thrills and a mind-bending experience to sci-fans everywhere,” said Courtney Cox, Manager of Content Acquisitions & Marketing at Giant Pictures. “We are thrilled to be bringing it to digital platforms.” Volition is a time-bending cerebral science-fiction thriller where a man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder. Awarded as best feature at the Philip K.
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Rock & Roll meets horror in Chase Smith‘s genre film, Dark Roads 79, the newly acquired film from Terror Films. The fantastic cast includes April Bogenschutz (Penance Lane), Eddie George (“Ballers”), David Flannery (Detroit), Chase Smith, Jessica Sonneborn, and horror icon Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell). The film centers on a southern rock band known as Dark Roads, whose time in the spotlight has come to an abrupt end. To find a new sound and regain their fame and fortune, they head to a secluded cabin to work on a new album. One by one, each band member begins to meet their demise and the survivors soon discover that the frontman of the band sold his soul to the devil – for the fame and fortune they’ve enjoyed. Now, the time has come to pay back this debt with their souls! Written and directed by Chase Smith (Creature Feature) also features an original soundtrack by Smith, which
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Character actor David Howard Thorton, best known for his role as Art the Clown for the indie hit Terrifier, has joined the cast of Heart and Fire Productions and Spirit Reckoning LLC’s upcoming horror western Spirit Reckoning. Thorton is set to play the role of the Skull Cowboy who was once a human named Sam Conley. Sam was murdered alongside his family and brought back to life by an Indian Shaman who turned him into an avenging Skull Cowboy. Thorton joins previously announced cast Sean Patrick Flannery of The Boondock Saints, and Lew Temple of “The Walking Dead” as well as The Devil’s Rejects. Spirit Reckoning is a fun-filled action-horror-western that has never been done like this before and we’re billing it as John Woo meets Sergio Leone meets the horror genre”, said writer-director Jimmy Lee Combs. “I have been absolutely mesmerized by David Howard Thornton since seeing him as Art the Clown in Terrifier. The eerie pizza parlor scene
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