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Netflix Has Sadly Cancelled Teen Apocalypse Series “Daybreak”

We have disappointing news, Netflix has chosen to cancel “Daybreak” after just one season. The news came via co-creator Aron Coleite late last night. We learned last week that Daybreak will not be returning for a second season,” Coleite stated. “We’re so sorry we couldn’t share it with you sooner but also so grateful that we got to hang out in these last few live tweet sessions with all of you. Thank you for picking up what we put down, for running with it in all of your amazing, weird, monstrous ways and for being such an important part of this show and our experience making it. “In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast.” https://twitter.com/AronColeite/status/1206789314299875328 Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophia Simnett, Austin Crute, Cody Kearsley,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2019
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A New Path Forms In The Trailer For ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’

Earlier today we shared the first image from John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II. Now, we’ve got the teaser trailer, which was originally exclusively played with Black Christmas in theaters. The trailer teases that family is blazing a new path. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe are all back to reprise their roles from the 2018 hit and are on their way to a new location. Cillian Murphy, Djimon Housou, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong, and Wayne Duvall round out the cast. Part II will pick up right after the events of the first film with Evelynn Abbott (Blunt), her two children, and the newborn still fighting for their lives and continuing to live in silence while the horrific, super hearing monsters continue to prowl and kill anything that makes the slightest sound. A Quiet Place: Part II opens in theaters on March 20, 2020. The full trailer is set to be released on New Year’s.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2019
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‘Color Out Of Space’s’ New Poster Is Out Of This World

Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil) is returning to the genre next year with Color Out of Space, SpectreVision’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s short story. The new poster has landed (above) and teases a terrified family’s technicolor-tinted nightmare. With bubblegum pink, purple, and blue tones, the poster looks like it is the product of an acid trip, but in a good way. “After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a nightmare.” Nicolas Cage stars alongside Joely Richardson, Brendan Meyer, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight with Q’Orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong. Color Out of Space is set to land on January 24, 2020, from RLJE Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Is Headed To Digital

The critically acclaimed jet-black comedy A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is set to arrive on digital this January in the US, UK, and Canada. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film was written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn,), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. A Serial Killer’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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First Image And Poster From ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’

The first teaser trailer for the sequel to John Krasinski’s fantastic film A Quiet Place is currently playing exclusively with Black Christmas in theaters now. While we can’t share the teaser itself at the moment, we can share the first image from the film, simply titled A Quiet Place: Part II. The image reveals that Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe are all back to reprise their roles from the 2018 original directed by Krasinski who wrote the screenplay along with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. Cillian Murphy, Djimon Housou, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong, and Wayne Duvall round out the cast. Word is Part II will pick up right after the events of the first film with Evelynn Abbott (Blunt), her two children, and the newborn still fighting for their lives and continuing to live in silence while the horrific, super hearing monsters continue to prowl and kill anything that makes the slightest sound. In the theater

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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A New Horror Comedy Is Coming From The Directors Of ‘Ready Or Not’

The team behind Ready or Not (one of the best horror films of the year, review) have already moved on to their next project. THR is reporting that the dream team known as Radio Silence – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella – are teaming up with Phil Lord and Chris Miller for a new yet to be named horror-comedy which Olpin and Gillett will be directing. The film is being described as “a unique bear-driven horror comedy — with heart.” The site continued, “the project was being pitched as a cross between Good Boys and The Revenant.” Lord and Miller are producing for Universal. Ready or Not was released in early December on DVD and Blu-ray. If you haven’t seen it, you should do so immediately. It’s hands down one of the best movies of the year. The film follows a bride who on her wedding night must play a game with her new in-laws not knowing she’ll

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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Multiple Movies From Shudder Make Rotten Tomatoes’ Top 20 Of 2019 List

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service, is dedicated to super-serving fans of horror, thrillers and the supernatural with its unbeatable curated collection of new genre movies and shows. In 2019 the critics have taken notice by lauding two Shudder films as the best of the year, according to popular review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes®. At 100% Certified Fresh™, Shinichiro Ueda’s zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead topped Rotten Tomatoes’® list of the best movies of 2019. While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew in this inventive spin on the zombie genre find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. At 97% Certified Fresh™, Issa López’s chilling and heartbreaking Tigers Are Not Afraid stands at the top of the list. A haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars, the film follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes, running from the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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‘The Sonata’ Strikes A Terrifying Note In New Trailer

Sonata: “A composition for an instrumental soloist, often with piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.” Director Andrew Desmond‘s new supernatural thriller The Sonata will strike a chord with viewers this January when it arrives in theaters. Today, we have the dark and beautiful trailer to share with you. Starring Freya Tingley, Rutger Hauer, Simon Abkarian, and James Faulkner, the film centers on a young virtuoso violinist Rose (Freya Tingley) who after being informed of the sudden death of her long lost composer father (Rutger Hauer), inherits an old mansion in which he used to live. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles (Simon Abkarian), her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little starts to unlock secrets concerning her father’s past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a somber plan imagined since the very day she was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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New ‘Firestarter’ Adaptation Catches ‘Vigil’ Director And ‘Halloween Kills’ Writer

A few years ago Jason Blum announced that Blumhouse was teaming up with Akiva Goldsman to develop a new adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. While the film spent years in limbo, it has now sprung to life. Akiva is reportedly now writing the script along with Halloween Kills‘ Scott Teems. But that’s not all, Collider is reporting that Keith Thomas (The Vigil) has now signed on to direct. While this is not the first adaptation, we got the first in 1984, a new updated version might be nice. The original, directed by Mark L. Lester, starred Drew Barrymore as a kid with pyrokinetic abilities on the run with her telekinetic father. There is no word yet on who will star in the new film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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Home Invasion Horror ‘Nefarious’ Breaks Out This March

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is set to release the award-winning horror Nefarious, a home invasion horror-thriller featuring a robbery gone horribly wrong. Starring Toby Wynn-Davies (Escape From Cannibal Farm), Nadia Lamin (Hosts) and newcomer Buck Braithwaite, the indie horror was directed by Richard Rowntree from a script he co-wrote with Matthew Davies (Dogged). In our review, we said it had “a ton of entertainment value”. Ready, Steady, Cut described it as “a nasty little film, just as intended” and “a brutal little success”. Ash Mountain Films said of the deal “We’re very excited to be partnering with Gravitas on the release of our second feature film in the horror genre, and hope that it serves horror fans and beyond with a thrilling experience.” Nefarious will be unleashed on March 17, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2019

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Netflix Has Sadly Cancelled Teen Apocalypse Series “Daybreak”

We have disappointing news, Netflix has chosen to cancel “Daybreak” after just one season. The news came via co-creator Aron Coleite late last night. We learned last week that Daybreak will not be returning for a second season,” Coleite stated. “We’re so sorry we couldn’t share it with you sooner but also so grateful that we got to hang out in these last few live tweet sessions with all of you. Thank you for picking up what we put down, for running with it in all of your amazing, weird, monstrous ways and for being such an important part of this show and our experience making it. “In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast.” https://twitter.com/AronColeite/status/1206789314299875328 Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophia Simnett, Austin Crute, Cody Kearsley,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2019
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A New Path Forms In The Trailer For ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’

Earlier today we shared the first image from John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II. Now, we’ve got the teaser trailer, which was originally exclusively played with Black Christmas in theaters. The trailer teases that family is blazing a new path. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe are all back to reprise their roles from the 2018 hit and are on their way to a new location. Cillian Murphy, Djimon Housou, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong, and Wayne Duvall round out the cast. Part II will pick up right after the events of the first film with Evelynn Abbott (Blunt), her two children, and the newborn still fighting for their lives and continuing to live in silence while the horrific, super hearing monsters continue to prowl and kill anything that makes the slightest sound. A Quiet Place: Part II opens in theaters on March 20, 2020. The full trailer is set to be released on New Year’s.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2019
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‘Color Out Of Space’s’ New Poster Is Out Of This World

Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil) is returning to the genre next year with Color Out of Space, SpectreVision’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s short story. The new poster has landed (above) and teases a terrified family’s technicolor-tinted nightmare. With bubblegum pink, purple, and blue tones, the poster looks like it is the product of an acid trip, but in a good way. “After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a nightmare.” Nicolas Cage stars alongside Joely Richardson, Brendan Meyer, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight with Q’Orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong. Color Out of Space is set to land on January 24, 2020, from RLJE Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Is Headed To Digital

The critically acclaimed jet-black comedy A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is set to arrive on digital this January in the US, UK, and Canada. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film was written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn,), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. A Serial Killer’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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First Image And Poster From ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’

The first teaser trailer for the sequel to John Krasinski’s fantastic film A Quiet Place is currently playing exclusively with Black Christmas in theaters now. While we can’t share the teaser itself at the moment, we can share the first image from the film, simply titled A Quiet Place: Part II. The image reveals that Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe are all back to reprise their roles from the 2018 original directed by Krasinski who wrote the screenplay along with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. Cillian Murphy, Djimon Housou, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong, and Wayne Duvall round out the cast. Word is Part II will pick up right after the events of the first film with Evelynn Abbott (Blunt), her two children, and the newborn still fighting for their lives and continuing to live in silence while the horrific, super hearing monsters continue to prowl and kill anything that makes the slightest sound. In the theater

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2019
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A New Horror Comedy Is Coming From The Directors Of ‘Ready Or Not’

The team behind Ready or Not (one of the best horror films of the year, review) have already moved on to their next project. THR is reporting that the dream team known as Radio Silence – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella – are teaming up with Phil Lord and Chris Miller for a new yet to be named horror-comedy which Olpin and Gillett will be directing. The film is being described as “a unique bear-driven horror comedy — with heart.” The site continued, “the project was being pitched as a cross between Good Boys and The Revenant.” Lord and Miller are producing for Universal. Ready or Not was released in early December on DVD and Blu-ray. If you haven’t seen it, you should do so immediately. It’s hands down one of the best movies of the year. The film follows a bride who on her wedding night must play a game with her new in-laws not knowing she’ll

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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Multiple Movies From Shudder Make Rotten Tomatoes’ Top 20 Of 2019 List

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service, is dedicated to super-serving fans of horror, thrillers and the supernatural with its unbeatable curated collection of new genre movies and shows. In 2019 the critics have taken notice by lauding two Shudder films as the best of the year, according to popular review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes®. At 100% Certified Fresh™, Shinichiro Ueda’s zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead topped Rotten Tomatoes’® list of the best movies of 2019. While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew in this inventive spin on the zombie genre find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. At 97% Certified Fresh™, Issa López’s chilling and heartbreaking Tigers Are Not Afraid stands at the top of the list. A haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars, the film follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes, running from the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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‘The Sonata’ Strikes A Terrifying Note In New Trailer

Sonata: “A composition for an instrumental soloist, often with piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.” Director Andrew Desmond‘s new supernatural thriller The Sonata will strike a chord with viewers this January when it arrives in theaters. Today, we have the dark and beautiful trailer to share with you. Starring Freya Tingley, Rutger Hauer, Simon Abkarian, and James Faulkner, the film centers on a young virtuoso violinist Rose (Freya Tingley) who after being informed of the sudden death of her long lost composer father (Rutger Hauer), inherits an old mansion in which he used to live. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles (Simon Abkarian), her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little starts to unlock secrets concerning her father’s past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a somber plan imagined since the very day she was

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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New ‘Firestarter’ Adaptation Catches ‘Vigil’ Director And ‘Halloween Kills’ Writer

A few years ago Jason Blum announced that Blumhouse was teaming up with Akiva Goldsman to develop a new adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. While the film spent years in limbo, it has now sprung to life. Akiva is reportedly now writing the script along with Halloween Kills‘ Scott Teems. But that’s not all, Collider is reporting that Keith Thomas (The Vigil) has now signed on to direct. While this is not the first adaptation, we got the first in 1984, a new updated version might be nice. The original, directed by Mark L. Lester, starred Drew Barrymore as a kid with pyrokinetic abilities on the run with her telekinetic father. There is no word yet on who will star in the new film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2019
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Home Invasion Horror ‘Nefarious’ Breaks Out This March

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is set to release the award-winning horror Nefarious, a home invasion horror-thriller featuring a robbery gone horribly wrong. Starring Toby Wynn-Davies (Escape From Cannibal Farm), Nadia Lamin (Hosts) and newcomer Buck Braithwaite, the indie horror was directed by Richard Rowntree from a script he co-wrote with Matthew Davies (Dogged). In our review, we said it had “a ton of entertainment value”. Ready, Steady, Cut described it as “a nasty little film, just as intended” and “a brutal little success”. Ash Mountain Films said of the deal “We’re very excited to be partnering with Gravitas on the release of our second feature film in the horror genre, and hope that it serves horror fans and beyond with a thrilling experience.” Nefarious will be unleashed on March 17, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2019
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