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‘Red Letter Day’ Comes Home This November

Following its World Premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival, Red Letter Day is in the mail and headed towards its Blu-ray release. While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother (Dawn Van de Schoot), and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. As the bloodshed begins, they find themselves in a race against time to protect the ones they love from the people they thought they knew. The film is the feature directorial debut from Cameron Macgowan, who’s previous work has won awards and garnered critical acclaim at international film festivals across the world including SXSW, Fantasia, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Macgowan wrote the neighborhood-nightmare, which stars Dawn Van de Schoot (Tom Stone), Hailey Foss (Sarabha: Cry for Freedom), Roger LeBlanc (Painkillers), Tiffany Helm (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning) Kaeleb Zain Gartner, and Peter Strand Rumpel. Red Letter Day was produced by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Filming Begins On ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Starring Harry Shum Jr.

Queensbury Pictures announced today the filming has begun in Chicago on Jacob Gentry‘s sci-fi horror Broadcast Signal Intrusion. Starring Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians, Glee), Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, I Trapped the Devil) the film is a technological thriller inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s, and remain unsolved to this day. The film an unsettling journey into our collective technological nightmares, confronting our deepest, darkest fears of both man and machine. Shum has been cast in the lead role as James. While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. James believes it’s the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking, and his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Watch Vin Diesel Get His Face Blown Off In The ‘Bloodshot’ Trailer

Based on the bestselling Valiant comic book, director David S. F. Wilson‘s Bloodshot follows Vin Diesel (Furious 7) as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he’s an unstoppable force -stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not – but he’s on a mission to find out. Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce also star in this action-packed adaptation. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Dinesh Shamdasani, and Vin Diesel are producing with Dan Mintz, Louis G. Friedman, YU Dong, Jeffrey Chan, Rita LeBlanc, Buddy Patrick, and Matthew Vaughn executive produce. Bloodshot is set to be released on February 21, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Into The Dark’s Thanksgiving Themed Episode “Pilgrim” Debuts Trailer

Hulu is ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with the trailer for “Into the Dark‘s” November episode “Pilgrim“. Pilgrim is directed by none other than Feast, The Collector, and Saw‘s Marcus Dunstan. “Inspired by true events, in an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim re-enactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the ‘actors’ refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.” Antonio Raul Corbo, Peter Giles, and Elyse Levesque star in the episode written by Patrick Melton and Noah Feinberg. “Pilgrim” premieres November 1, 2019, on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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DeWand Wise Joins ‘Jurassic World 3’

Jurassic World 3 is continuing to build its cast. The latest to sign on is “The Twilight Zone” (2019) actress DeWanda Wise who has been cast in a lead role. Wise also currently stars in Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It”, streaming now on Netflix. Wise joins returning franchise cast members Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. Colin Trevorrow will be in the director’s chair for the sequel that he co-wrote with Emily Carmichael. Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg will executive produce with Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley producing. While details about the sequel’s plot have been kept hush, hush, we do know that the film picks up a year after the events of Jurassic World 2 in which dinosaurs were released into the U.S.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2019
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Zombie-Action Flick ‘Transit 17’ Coming To Digital

The genre-crossing flick Transit 17, takes place after a zombie virus infects multiple European countries. A team of resistance soldiers fight to save a young girl who seems to be their last hope for a cure. From filmmaker Guy Bleyaert the film is set to be unleashed this December. World Champion Martial Arts superstar Zara Phythian, action favorites Lee Charles and Silvio Simac and the inspiration for and voice of Quiet in the video game, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Stefanie Joosten, John Flanders (Moonwalkers), and Lucas Tavernier (The Monuments Men) star. After Europe is hit with a virus which infected 60 million people, General Ratzinger (Jean-Paul Van der Velde) and his military aim to control the survivors hidden in secret outputs known as “transits.”Lead by the Commander (Silvio Simac), his “sniffers” continue to look for those who refuse to be confined while insurgents known as the Free Fighters, lead by Vanguard (Christophe VanZandycke), aim to evade and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2019
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‘Welcome To The Circle’ Trailer Introduces Us To A Cult

Following his work on Disney’s nature documentaries Born in China, Growing Up Wild, and Penguins, David Fowler is making his directorial debut in the horror genre with Welcome to the Circle, and the first trailer has premiered. Heather Doerksen (Pacific Rim), Matthew MacCaull (Star Trek Beyond), and Taylor Dianne Robinson (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) star. In the film, “a young girl and her father fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshiping cult situated deep in the woods. Trapped in a maze of demented mind games and deadly supernatural rituals, their only chance of survival seems an impossible task.” Michael Khazen of High Deaf Productions produced alongside Andrew Francis and Jeff Renfroe with Sam Vincent executive producing. As soon as a premiere date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime check out the creepy trailer, from Devilworks.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Hammer Legend Veronica Carlson Joins ‘Night Of The Devil’

Hammer Legend, Veronica Carlson (Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, and The Horror of Frankenstein) has signed on to star as Dr. Whittingham in Anthony Calvitti‘s new film, Night of the Devil. She is joined by an outstanding cast that already includes Lauren LaVera (Terrifier 2, Clinton Road), Rachel Keefe (Vessel, Watchtower), George Williams (Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks, How to Get Away with Murder), and Richard Lyntton (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Creed). In addition to the cast, there are some other incredible attachments to this short film which includes Illustrator Graham Humphreys (Drawing Blood: 30 Years Of Horror Art), and a soundtrack that features authentic sounds of 1970’s hard rock with music by Cactus and Black Sabbath. Set in 1978, the film centers on four teens who enter the woods the night before Halloween and come face to face with the Devil.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Something Lurks In The First Clip From Horror-Thriller ‘Spiral’

Kurtis David Harder‘s (Incontrol) thriller Sprial is set to make its U.S. premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival October 22nd following a celebrated World Premiere at London’s FrightFest this past Summer. Ahead of its premiere we have a brand new clip! “Set in the 90s – Malik and Aaron, a same-sex couple struggle to raise their sixteen-year-old daughter Kayla after moving to a small town filled with mysterious secrets. Within weeks of arriving, a hate crime is committed in their home – sending Malik into a state of heightened paranoia. As he investigates the town he slowly starts to uncover that something much more sinister lies beneath its friendly facade.” “The film harnesses the dread of reality in a unique socio-political frame and confronts society’s ever eagerness to sanction off an ‘other’- and turns it into a chilling horror fable with strong gay characters in the lead.” Spiral stars Ari Cohen, Lochlyn Munroe and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman of “American Horror

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Two Stars Returning For ‘Escape Room’ Sequel

Logan Miller and Taylor Russell, stars of this year’s Escape Room, are returning for Adam Robitel‘s sequel, Escape Room 2. The duo will star alongside Holland Roden (“Channel Zero”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”) and Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman. Bragi F. Schut penned Escape Room 2‘s script for the sequel, which will open in theaters on August 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2019

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‘Red Letter Day’ Comes Home This November

Following its World Premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival, Red Letter Day is in the mail and headed towards its Blu-ray release. While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother (Dawn Van de Schoot), and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. As the bloodshed begins, they find themselves in a race against time to protect the ones they love from the people they thought they knew. The film is the feature directorial debut from Cameron Macgowan, who’s previous work has won awards and garnered critical acclaim at international film festivals across the world including SXSW, Fantasia, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Macgowan wrote the neighborhood-nightmare, which stars Dawn Van de Schoot (Tom Stone), Hailey Foss (Sarabha: Cry for Freedom), Roger LeBlanc (Painkillers), Tiffany Helm (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning) Kaeleb Zain Gartner, and Peter Strand Rumpel. Red Letter Day was produced by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Filming Begins On ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Starring Harry Shum Jr.

Queensbury Pictures announced today the filming has begun in Chicago on Jacob Gentry‘s sci-fi horror Broadcast Signal Intrusion. Starring Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians, Glee), Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, I Trapped the Devil) the film is a technological thriller inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s, and remain unsolved to this day. The film an unsettling journey into our collective technological nightmares, confronting our deepest, darkest fears of both man and machine. Shum has been cast in the lead role as James. While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. James believes it’s the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking, and his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Watch Vin Diesel Get His Face Blown Off In The ‘Bloodshot’ Trailer

Based on the bestselling Valiant comic book, director David S. F. Wilson‘s Bloodshot follows Vin Diesel (Furious 7) as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he’s an unstoppable force -stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not – but he’s on a mission to find out. Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce also star in this action-packed adaptation. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Dinesh Shamdasani, and Vin Diesel are producing with Dan Mintz, Louis G. Friedman, YU Dong, Jeffrey Chan, Rita LeBlanc, Buddy Patrick, and Matthew Vaughn executive produce. Bloodshot is set to be released on February 21, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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Into The Dark’s Thanksgiving Themed Episode “Pilgrim” Debuts Trailer

Hulu is ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with the trailer for “Into the Dark‘s” November episode “Pilgrim“. Pilgrim is directed by none other than Feast, The Collector, and Saw‘s Marcus Dunstan. “Inspired by true events, in an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim re-enactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the ‘actors’ refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.” Antonio Raul Corbo, Peter Giles, and Elyse Levesque star in the episode written by Patrick Melton and Noah Feinberg. “Pilgrim” premieres November 1, 2019, on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2019
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DeWand Wise Joins ‘Jurassic World 3’

Jurassic World 3 is continuing to build its cast. The latest to sign on is “The Twilight Zone” (2019) actress DeWanda Wise who has been cast in a lead role. Wise also currently stars in Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It”, streaming now on Netflix. Wise joins returning franchise cast members Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. Colin Trevorrow will be in the director’s chair for the sequel that he co-wrote with Emily Carmichael. Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg will executive produce with Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley producing. While details about the sequel’s plot have been kept hush, hush, we do know that the film picks up a year after the events of Jurassic World 2 in which dinosaurs were released into the U.S.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2019
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Zombie-Action Flick ‘Transit 17’ Coming To Digital

The genre-crossing flick Transit 17, takes place after a zombie virus infects multiple European countries. A team of resistance soldiers fight to save a young girl who seems to be their last hope for a cure. From filmmaker Guy Bleyaert the film is set to be unleashed this December. World Champion Martial Arts superstar Zara Phythian, action favorites Lee Charles and Silvio Simac and the inspiration for and voice of Quiet in the video game, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Stefanie Joosten, John Flanders (Moonwalkers), and Lucas Tavernier (The Monuments Men) star. After Europe is hit with a virus which infected 60 million people, General Ratzinger (Jean-Paul Van der Velde) and his military aim to control the survivors hidden in secret outputs known as “transits.”Lead by the Commander (Silvio Simac), his “sniffers” continue to look for those who refuse to be confined while insurgents known as the Free Fighters, lead by Vanguard (Christophe VanZandycke), aim to evade and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2019
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‘Welcome To The Circle’ Trailer Introduces Us To A Cult

Following his work on Disney’s nature documentaries Born in China, Growing Up Wild, and Penguins, David Fowler is making his directorial debut in the horror genre with Welcome to the Circle, and the first trailer has premiered. Heather Doerksen (Pacific Rim), Matthew MacCaull (Star Trek Beyond), and Taylor Dianne Robinson (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) star. In the film, “a young girl and her father fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshiping cult situated deep in the woods. Trapped in a maze of demented mind games and deadly supernatural rituals, their only chance of survival seems an impossible task.” Michael Khazen of High Deaf Productions produced alongside Andrew Francis and Jeff Renfroe with Sam Vincent executive producing. As soon as a premiere date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime check out the creepy trailer, from Devilworks.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Hammer Legend Veronica Carlson Joins ‘Night Of The Devil’

Hammer Legend, Veronica Carlson (Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, and The Horror of Frankenstein) has signed on to star as Dr. Whittingham in Anthony Calvitti‘s new film, Night of the Devil. She is joined by an outstanding cast that already includes Lauren LaVera (Terrifier 2, Clinton Road), Rachel Keefe (Vessel, Watchtower), George Williams (Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks, How to Get Away with Murder), and Richard Lyntton (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Creed). In addition to the cast, there are some other incredible attachments to this short film which includes Illustrator Graham Humphreys (Drawing Blood: 30 Years Of Horror Art), and a soundtrack that features authentic sounds of 1970’s hard rock with music by Cactus and Black Sabbath. Set in 1978, the film centers on four teens who enter the woods the night before Halloween and come face to face with the Devil.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Something Lurks In The First Clip From Horror-Thriller ‘Spiral’

Kurtis David Harder‘s (Incontrol) thriller Sprial is set to make its U.S. premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival October 22nd following a celebrated World Premiere at London’s FrightFest this past Summer. Ahead of its premiere we have a brand new clip! “Set in the 90s – Malik and Aaron, a same-sex couple struggle to raise their sixteen-year-old daughter Kayla after moving to a small town filled with mysterious secrets. Within weeks of arriving, a hate crime is committed in their home – sending Malik into a state of heightened paranoia. As he investigates the town he slowly starts to uncover that something much more sinister lies beneath its friendly facade.” “The film harnesses the dread of reality in a unique socio-political frame and confronts society’s ever eagerness to sanction off an ‘other’- and turns it into a chilling horror fable with strong gay characters in the lead.” Spiral stars Ari Cohen, Lochlyn Munroe and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman of “American Horror

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 19, 2019
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Two Stars Returning For ‘Escape Room’ Sequel

Logan Miller and Taylor Russell, stars of this year’s Escape Room, are returning for Adam Robitel‘s sequel, Escape Room 2. The duo will star alongside Holland Roden (“Channel Zero”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”) and Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman. Bragi F. Schut penned Escape Room 2‘s script for the sequel, which will open in theaters on August 14, 2020.

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