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I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer-director Carl Strathie to discuss his new film Dark Encounter, a sci-fi thriller about a family’s struggle with loss and the truth of a dark mystery discovered with the help of otherworldly beings. The following is our conversation. Horror Fuel: “If you will, tell us about your most recent film Dark Encounter?” Carl Strathie: “The story is about a little girl who has gone missing. We follow the family a year after on the day of her memorial and they are grieving and they’re coping with the fact that no one knows what happened. It’s about a family struggling. There’s a big twist at the ending. Did you see it coming?” Horror Fuel: “No, I did not, which is a miracle, I always see what’s coming in movies. I like not knowing what happens right up until the end.” Carl Strathie: “Good, that’s good.” Horror Fuel: “I’m glad that you explore the
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From writer-director Graham Skipper comes Sequence Break, on Shudder this January. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the film, a mix of sci-fi and horror, centers on a reclusive video arcade repair technician who has his reality fractured when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop and a beautiful young woman enters his life, causing strange metaphysical forces, bizarre biochemical mutations, and a shocking self-realization. The Cronenbergesque film, a Shudder exclusive, premieres on Shudder January 7, 2020, from RLJE.
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Knives Out continues to kill at the box office bringing in nearly $250 million around the world, so it’s no surprise that director Rian Johnson is already working on a sequel. Last night at the Golden Globes, where the murder-thriller Knives Out was nominated for three awards, Johnson told THR about the sequel. According to the site: Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter at Lionsgate’s pre-Golden Globes party on Saturday night that he was already developing a sequel centered on Daniel Craig’s Southern detective Benoit Blanc investigating a new case. In the 2019 film, a “renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.” Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Autopsy of Jane Doe director André Øvredal is gearing up to release his new film, Mortal, ahead of its release next month overseas and we’ve got the new trailer. The film, based on Norwegian mythology, follows Nat Wolff (Death Note) as a young man discovering that he has god-like powers. Priyanka Bose, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, and Iben Akerlie star in the film which looks to be a mix of fantasy and horror. Øvredal penned the script along with Norman Lesperance. Mortal opens in theaters in Norway on February 28, 2020. A US release date should be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the trailer.
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Edgar Wright, the director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, has returned to the horror genre for his new film Last Night in Soho, which is set to premiere this summer. Thomasin McKenzie’s and Glass’ Anya Taylor-Joy star in the film that centers on “a young girl, passionate in fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences.” Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Michael Ajao (Attack the Block), Game of Thrones’ actress Diana Rigg, and Terence Stamp (Murder Mystery) also star. Last Night in Soho debuts on September 25, 2020.
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Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho‘s (Ninjas, ABCs of Death) supernatural thriller The Nightshifter is headed to DVD next week. The film centers on Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) who works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to the dead…and they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth unimaginable danger and darkness. Bloody-Disgusting snagged an exclusive clip that reveals Stênio pushing his way through a web only to see two children murdered, but is just an illusion? Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiola Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime) star. Ramalho co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The Nightshifter lands on DVD on January 7, 2020, from Shudder
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Following the success of Netflix’s The Irishman Al Pacino is back in action in Amazon’s “Hunters,” the new action-packed, thrilling series executive produced by Jordan Peele. The new series follows a team of Nazi Hunters on a quest for revenge in New York City in 1977. We are introduced to the team in the new trailer. Inspired by true events, “Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S.” Greg Austin, Logan Lerma, Dylan Baker, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Jeannie Berlin, Tiffany Berlin, and Carol Kane round out the cast. Produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions along with Sonar Entertainment, the series was created by David Weil (Moonfall), who is also writing and executive producing the series. “Hunters” premieres on Amazon Prime on February 21, 2020.
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José Luis Montesinos’ Spanish-language thriller Ropes has been acquired Strand Releasing following its world premiere as Sitges Film Festival, Variety reports. Ropes centers on Elena, a young quadriplegic who is mourning the recent death of her sister and has moved to a country house with her father. While there, she has the help of Athos, a Belgian pastoral dog specially trained to help her. But the creature turns into her worst enemy after contracting a strange disease. Ropes written by Montesinos and Yako Blesa stars Paula del Río (“Retribution”) and Miguel Ángel Jenner. Arturo Mendiz produced under the Bastian Films banners with Carles Pastor producing as well. The film will be presented at the European Film Market during the Berlin Film Festival.
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The final, blood-drenched trailer is here for “Dracula” ahead of its premiere on Netflix tomorrow, declaring that “blood is everything”. Starring Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as the legendary bloodsucker from the pages of Bram Stoker’s legendary novel, the three-episode 90-minute series was written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. It is a co-production of Netflix and BBC. Set in Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London. John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Joanna Scanlan also star. Sink your teeth into the miniseries arriving on Netflix January 4th.
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Glenn Danzig has now wrapped principal photography on his vampire spaghetti western, Death Rider in the House of Vampires and the cast revealed. Final Destination and Idle Hands actor Devon Sawa stars in the lead role of the film that also features Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn, Machete, The Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell). The cast also includes Danzig as “Bad Bathory”, Julian Sands (Warlock) as “Count Holiday”, Kansas Bowling (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as “Rider’s Dead Sister”, Kim Director (“NOS4A2”) in the role of “Carmilla Joe”, Victor DiMattia (Cool as Ice) as “Kid Vlad”, Ashley Wisdom (Verotika) as “Mina Belle”, and Yulia Klass (Alone) as “Mircarla Mae”. So what do we know about the film? Not much else. Details are still being kept quiet. But we do know it will be vampire against vampire. Everybody in the movie is a vampire,” he added. “So, you won’t have to wait around to see the vampire. They’re all
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I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer-director Carl Strathie to discuss his new film Dark Encounter, a sci-fi thriller about a family’s struggle with loss and the truth of a dark mystery discovered with the help of otherworldly beings. The following is our conversation. Horror Fuel: “If you will, tell us about your most recent film Dark Encounter?” Carl Strathie: “The story is about a little girl who has gone missing. We follow the family a year after on the day of her memorial and they are grieving and they’re coping with the fact that no one knows what happened. It’s about a family struggling. There’s a big twist at the ending. Did you see it coming?” Horror Fuel: “No, I did not, which is a miracle, I always see what’s coming in movies. I like not knowing what happens right up until the end.” Carl Strathie: “Good, that’s good.” Horror Fuel: “I’m glad that you explore the
Continue reading →
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From writer-director Graham Skipper comes Sequence Break, on Shudder this January. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the film, a mix of sci-fi and horror, centers on a reclusive video arcade repair technician who has his reality fractured when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop and a beautiful young woman enters his life, causing strange metaphysical forces, bizarre biochemical mutations, and a shocking self-realization. The Cronenbergesque film, a Shudder exclusive, premieres on Shudder January 7, 2020, from RLJE.
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Knives Out continues to kill at the box office bringing in nearly $250 million around the world, so it’s no surprise that director Rian Johnson is already working on a sequel. Last night at the Golden Globes, where the murder-thriller Knives Out was nominated for three awards, Johnson told THR about the sequel. According to the site: Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter at Lionsgate’s pre-Golden Globes party on Saturday night that he was already developing a sequel centered on Daniel Craig’s Southern detective Benoit Blanc investigating a new case. In the 2019 film, a “renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.” Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Autopsy of Jane Doe director André Øvredal is gearing up to release his new film, Mortal, ahead of its release next month overseas and we’ve got the new trailer. The film, based on Norwegian mythology, follows Nat Wolff (Death Note) as a young man discovering that he has god-like powers. Priyanka Bose, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, and Iben Akerlie star in the film which looks to be a mix of fantasy and horror. Øvredal penned the script along with Norman Lesperance. Mortal opens in theaters in Norway on February 28, 2020. A US release date should be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the trailer.
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Edgar Wright, the director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, has returned to the horror genre for his new film Last Night in Soho, which is set to premiere this summer. Thomasin McKenzie’s and Glass’ Anya Taylor-Joy star in the film that centers on “a young girl, passionate in fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences.” Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Michael Ajao (Attack the Block), Game of Thrones’ actress Diana Rigg, and Terence Stamp (Murder Mystery) also star. Last Night in Soho debuts on September 25, 2020.
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Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho‘s (Ninjas, ABCs of Death) supernatural thriller The Nightshifter is headed to DVD next week. The film centers on Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) who works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to the dead…and they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth unimaginable danger and darkness. Bloody-Disgusting snagged an exclusive clip that reveals Stênio pushing his way through a web only to see two children murdered, but is just an illusion? Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiola Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime) star. Ramalho co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The Nightshifter lands on DVD on January 7, 2020, from Shudder
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Following the success of Netflix’s The Irishman Al Pacino is back in action in Amazon’s “Hunters,” the new action-packed, thrilling series executive produced by Jordan Peele. The new series follows a team of Nazi Hunters on a quest for revenge in New York City in 1977. We are introduced to the team in the new trailer. Inspired by true events, “Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S.” Greg Austin, Logan Lerma, Dylan Baker, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Jeannie Berlin, Tiffany Berlin, and Carol Kane round out the cast. Produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions along with Sonar Entertainment, the series was created by David Weil (Moonfall), who is also writing and executive producing the series. “Hunters” premieres on Amazon Prime on February 21, 2020.
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José Luis Montesinos’ Spanish-language thriller Ropes has been acquired Strand Releasing following its world premiere as Sitges Film Festival, Variety reports. Ropes centers on Elena, a young quadriplegic who is mourning the recent death of her sister and has moved to a country house with her father. While there, she has the help of Athos, a Belgian pastoral dog specially trained to help her. But the creature turns into her worst enemy after contracting a strange disease. Ropes written by Montesinos and Yako Blesa stars Paula del Río (“Retribution”) and Miguel Ángel Jenner. Arturo Mendiz produced under the Bastian Films banners with Carles Pastor producing as well. The film will be presented at the European Film Market during the Berlin Film Festival.
Continue reading →
NetflixNewsStreaming TVTrailers
The final, blood-drenched trailer is here for “Dracula” ahead of its premiere on Netflix tomorrow, declaring that “blood is everything”. Starring Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as the legendary bloodsucker from the pages of Bram Stoker’s legendary novel, the three-episode 90-minute series was written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. It is a co-production of Netflix and BBC. Set in Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London. John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Joanna Scanlan also star. Sink your teeth into the miniseries arriving on Netflix January 4th.
Continue reading →
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Glenn Danzig has now wrapped principal photography on his vampire spaghetti western, Death Rider in the House of Vampires and the cast revealed. Final Destination and Idle Hands actor Devon Sawa stars in the lead role of the film that also features Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn, Machete, The Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell). The cast also includes Danzig as “Bad Bathory”, Julian Sands (Warlock) as “Count Holiday”, Kansas Bowling (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as “Rider’s Dead Sister”, Kim Director (“NOS4A2”) in the role of “Carmilla Joe”, Victor DiMattia (Cool as Ice) as “Kid Vlad”, Ashley Wisdom (Verotika) as “Mina Belle”, and Yulia Klass (Alone) as “Mircarla Mae”. So what do we know about the film? Not much else. Details are still being kept quiet. But we do know it will be vampire against vampire. Everybody in the movie is a vampire,” he added. “So, you won’t have to wait around to see the vampire. They’re all
Continue reading →
