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“The Purge” Returns This October With Its Second Season

USA is gearing for the season two premiere of the hit series “The Purge” this October and we couldn’t be more excited! Based on the hit movie franchise, “The Purge” revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Season 2 explores how a single Purge night affects the lives of four interconnected characters over the course of the ensuing year, all inevitably leading up to the next Purge. From Blumhouse Television and UCP, the second season of the anthology series opens on Purge night but dives deeper than ever before into what the Purge world looks like the other 364 days of the year for the first time. Season 2 is executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, who executive produces along with his partner for Man in a Tree, Sébastien K. Lemercier; Krystal Houghton Ziv, James Roland, Tim Andrew, and Jason Blum. Additionally, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, from the film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 24, 2019

IndieMoviesNews

‘Minutes To Midnight’ Writer Is Back With Survival Horror ‘Restricted Area’

The first art is here for survival horror Restricted Area from Minutes to Midnight‘s (review) Christopher M. Don who both wrote and directed the film. Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgment), Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), and Shawn C. Phillips star alongside Robert Don, Paige Lindsay Betts, Emily Gardt, Ross Britz, and West Murphy. Restricted Area follows four blue-collar friends, recently laid off from the steel mill, take one last camping trip into the wilderness when they discover a backwoods cult with a cataclysmic agenda and must fight to stay alive. Featuring an original score from Michael Levinson and bands Agent 51 and The Megas, Restricted Area will land on VOD this October via ITN Distribution. The trailer is set to be released soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 24, 2019

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A Life-Saving Transplant Leads To Terror In ‘What Death Leaves Behind’

Acclaimed film What Death Leaves Behind, described as a“Hitchcockian Journey,” is receiving a theatrical release across North America this September and October via Artist Rights Distribution. Directed by Scott A. Hamilton, and scripted by Hamilton, Chad Morton, Nico Giampietro, and Rachel K. Ofori, What Death Leaves Behind centers on a man who, after a kidney transplant, experiences reoccurring nightmares he believes to be visions of his donor’s violent murder, sending him on a dark path of vengeance, leading to an unbearable truth. Christopher Mann, Vincent Young, Erin O’Brien, Johnny Alonso, Alexandra Tydings, Shaira Barton, Amanda Diaz, Kelly Dowdle, and Khalil McMillan star in a Scott A.Hamilton film. What Death Leaves Behind, from Artist Rights Distribution and Smash Entertainment, opens in theaters nationwide this fall. Following the premiere in Los Angeles on September 11th, the multi-award winner will open in other markets including Ohio, San Diego, New York, Tennessee, Florida, DC, and Philadelphia. You can find participating theaters and screening dates

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 24, 2019

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‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Is Swimming Our Way

While it’s still early in the development phase, production Weekly is reporting that a new sequel for the Deep Blue Sea franchise is swimming our way, this time from Netflix. Unfortunately, no other details have been revealed. The franchise made a splash back in 1999 with the Renny Harlin-directed feature starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, L.L. Cool J, and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie centered on a group of scientists at an isolated research facility where they have been creating intelligent sharks. Last year Warner Bros. unleashed a sequel about scientists experimenting on bull sharks, of course, the sharks get out causing death and destruction. Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, and Michael Beach starred.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 23, 2019

News

Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 23, 2019

MoviesNewsThriller

Oscar Winner Hilary Swank Stars In Deon Taylor’s Thriller ‘Fatale’

From Deon Taylor, the director behind The Intruder comes Fatale, which has now been acquired Lionsgate, Deadline reports. “Fatale centers on a married man who finds himself living a nightmare as he is relentlessly compromised, out-witted and morally manipulated by a mysterious woman with whom he had a wild one night stand. How far will he go to save his marriage from his mistake?” Written and produced by David Loughery (The Intruder, Lakeview Terrace, Obsessed) this thriller stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank along with Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, and Tyrin Turner. Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group partnered with Roxanne Taylor to produce and is executive produced by partner Robert F. Smith.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 23, 2019

MoviesNewsTrailers

Pre-Order Your Copy Of ‘Candy Corn’ Now

Get ready for a real treat, Josh Hasty‘s Candy Corn is coming to VOD and Blu-ray this September from Epic Pictures and DREAD! “It’s Halloween weekend and a group of bullies are planning their annual hazing on local outcast, Jacob Atkins. When they take things too far, he’s resurrected to seek revenge against those that wronged him.” Candy Corn, written and directed by Josh Hasty (In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn), stars P.J. Soles (Halloween), Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), Tony Todd (Candyman), Pancho Moler (3 from Hell), Sky Elobar (The Greasy Strangler), Caleb Thomas (The Terror of Hallow’s Eve), Lovlee Carroll (Anabolic Life), Matt O’Neill (Edgar Allan Poe’s Lighthouse Keeper), and introduces Nate Chaney. Produced by Josh Hasty, Courtney Gains, and Matt O’Neill alongside executive producers Tony Todd, James Claeys (Local Boogeyman Productions) Justin Mabry (Trick or Treat Studios), Lindsey Kowalski, Benjamin Scrivens (Fright Rags), and Johnny Cooper. Candy Corn is the first production financed by Local Boogeyman Productions.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 23, 2019

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Boyd Holbrook & Michael C. Hall Hunt A Killer In Netflix’s ‘In The Shadow Of The Moon’

This September Netflix’s genre-bending film In the Shadow of the Moon will make its debut. From director Jim Mickle, comes this psychological thriller that delves into the power of time, and how its passing can either bring people together or how it can rip them apart. Set in 1988, “Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.” “Dexter” actor Michael C. Hall also stars along with Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Rachel Keller. Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock penned the script. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Ben Pugh, Rian Cahill, Linda Moran, and Jim Mickle produce the movie from 42, Automatik, and Nightshade. In the Shadow of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019. Hopefully,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 22, 2019

MoviesNewsReviews

Movie Review: ‘Satanic Panic’ Is A Fun Flick Worthy Of Praise

What happens when you mix a Satanic cult and broke virgin? You get director Chelsea Stardust‘s Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell, and Jordan Ladd. Hayley Griffith (interview) plays the lead role of Sam,a young woman working her first night as a pizza delivery girl. With what felt like a nod to Clerks, the film opens with Sam talking with other delivery people before heading off on her delivery route, praying she gets a tip before her scooter runs out of gas. Of course, she runs into a series of cheapskates and weirdoes. When an order needs to be delivered to the rich section of town, she jumps at the chance, not knowing she’s about to run into serious trouble. Between raunchy advances, magical spells, and the threat of becoming a sacrifice, Sam’s day just went from bad to worse. Now, all she has to do is survive the night, a demon, and the cult lead by Danica (Romijn)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 22, 2019

MoviesNews

‘I’ll Take Your Dead’ Screening At Fright Fest Ahead Of Release

Black Fawn Distribution is gearing up to unleash the horror-thriller I’ll Take Your Dead, from director Chad Archibald (Bite, The Heretics, Neverlost). I’ll Take Your Dead the film centers on “William (Aidan Devine, Wolfcop), a man who has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. His country farmhouse has become a dumping ground for gang-related casualties while his daughter Gloria (Ava Preston, Critters Attack!) is convinced that some of them haunt their home. After a woman’s body (Jess Salgueiro, “Letterkenny”, “The Boys”) is dropped off on their doorstep, William realizes that she’s not actually dead. As he tries to figure out what to do next, the woman’s assailants get word that she’s still alive and make a plan to finish what they started.” I’ll Take Your Dead stars Aidan Devine (A History of Violence, Suicide Squad), Ava Preston (Critters Attack! The Odd Squad), Toronto International Film Festival’s 2018 Rising Star Jessica Salgueiro (TV’s The Boys, TV’s Letterkenny), and Canadian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 22, 2019

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