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NJ High School Crushes Stage Production Of Alien

School plays usually don’t bring to mind horror, except for the fact that they are usually terrifyingly dull. But one high school play is taking social media by storm, the North Bergen High School Drama Club in New Jersey is making headlines with their recent stage production of Alien. Aptly titled Alien: The Play. The show was anything but dull. Presented this past Wednesday and Friday, their play was shared by audience members revealing fantastic costumes, props, and backgrounds. Even though the play’s budget was small, especially for a high school production, everyone who saw the play was left impressed. The production’s art director, art teacher Steven Defendini, said there were audible gasps from the crowd as the curtain was lifted. When the actual alien appeared they were screaming,” Defendini stated when describing the reaction when the Xenomorph made its entrance on stage. The production’s fifteen sets were built by Defendini and six students/performers. They also handcrafted the costumes which

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Mar 24, 2019
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‘Drowning Echo’ Trailer Urges You To Not Go Into The Deep End

Something sinister lurks within a swimming pool in Georges Padey’s chlorine-infused creature feature Drowning Echo, premiering this April on Demand. “During a visit to friends, Sara (Itziar Martinez) begins having visions and is attacked by an unearthly creature in her friend’s swimming pool. She soon discovers that anyone who comes into contact with the water is in danger and she is driven to confront the mystical and malevolent creature lurking in the depths.” Also starring Jane the Virgin’s Dennis Mencia, Drowning Echo will be available on VOD and DVD April 4 from High Octane Pictures.

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Mar 24, 2019
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Shudder Announces Spring Movie Premieres

After a record-smashing 2018 that included releases such as Mandy, Revenge, and Summer of ‘84, Shudder kicked off 2019 with Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich and Horror Noire. Shudder, AMC network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, today announced its Spring lineup of acclaimed, bold and genre-bending Shudder Exclusive movies: Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, crooks vs. killers thriller Monster Party, SXSW and London FrightFest favorite The Ranger, Fantasia International Film Festival special prize winner The Night Shifter, and Australian rampaging creature comedy Boar. LIZZIE (2018) — available Thursday, April 11 (US/Canada) A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE Director: Craig William Macneil, Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Kim Dickens Lizzie (Chloë Sevigny) is a social outcast, living a claustrophobic life that’s ready to boil over. In its dark, moody retelling of the notorious 1892 ax murder of the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts, Lizzie is a psychological thriller that reveals many layers of the strange and fragile

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Mar 24, 2019
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August Release Date Announced For ‘Tone-Deaf’ – From The Director Of ‘Surbuban Gothic’

Following its premiere at SXSW, Saban Films has picked up and announced an August release date for Tone-Deaf, the latest film written and directed by Suburban Gothic and Excision director Richard Bates Jr. The film follows Olive (Amanda Crew) who, after losing her job and her latest dysfunctional relationship, leaves the city for a weekend of peace in the country, only to discover the dark, disturbing underbelly of rural America. In the film, Olive “rents an eccentric, ornate country house from Harvey (Robert Patrick), an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies — and the two collide.” Ronnie Bates Jr, Shane Brady, Gina Brown, Christian Callaway, and Keisha Castle-Hughes round ou the cast of the film labeled as a horror-comedy-thriller. Tone-Deaf opens in select theaters on August 23, 2019.

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Mar 23, 2019
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The Winchesters Say Goodbye…Supernatural’s 15th Season Will Be Its Last

“Supernatural‘s” Jensen Ackles (Dean), Jared Padalecki (Sam), and Misha Collins (Castiel) made an announcement today that will leave so many fans with broken hearts. The three wanted fans to hear it from them that their 15th season will be their last. The series began in 2005 with two college-aged brothers reuniting after their father goes missing during a hunting trip. During the past 15 years, they encounter everything from angels like Castiel, demons, witches, werewolves, alternative worlds, and met God himself. While people were unaware, the Winchesters saved the world many times. But we knew that it couldn’t go on forever. We will miss Dean, Sam, Castiel, and all of the characters, and their world filled with horror, wonders, and the supernatural. Thank you to the cast and crew for giving us so many amazing, action-filled seasons. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUuPGpgD7T/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUwKzVAhoU/ I think Kansas said it best… “Carry on my wayward son For there’ll be peace when you are done Lay your

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Mar 22, 2019
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Amazon Casts The Gunslinger And The Man In Black For Their ‘The Dark Tower’ Series

A while back we reported that Amazon had snagged the rights to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower for a new series. Things have been quiet since, up until now. Amazon has now cast the series’ two most important characters, the Gunslinger and the Man in Black. Sam Strike who stars in NBC’s “Timeless” and played Jackson in Leatherface, will be playing the role of the Gunslinger aka Roland Deschain. Roland is the story’s protagonist who comes from a long line of Gunslingers, those who serve as peacekeepers. Jasper Paakkonen, star of “Vikings” and Spike Lee’s Oscar-winning film BlackkKlansman will portray the Man in Black also known as Marten Broadcloak and Randall Flagg, who eventually becomes Roland’s archnemesis throughout King’s books. “The Walking Dead’s” Glen Mazzara is set to serve as showrunner for the series that has nothing to do with the 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.

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Mar 22, 2019
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A Cat Stalks The New Clip From ‘Pet Graveyard’

The first trailer and a brand new clip have been released for Pet Graveyard, a new supernatural thriller from Proportion Productions and Millman Productions. Pet Graveyard centers on a group of friends tormented by the Grim Reaper and his sinister pet after they undergo an experiment that allows them to revisit the dead. The film marks the directorial debut of Rebecca J. Matthews (producer of Mother Krampus), from a screenplay by Suzy Spade. Scott Jeffrey (The Bad Nun) produces with Jeff Miller (The Toybox, Ouija House) serving as executive producer. The movie stars Jessica O’Toole, David Cotter, Rita Siddiqui, Hindolo Koroma, Kate Milner-Evans, Georgina Jane, T’Jean Uter-Dinh, and Hattie Willow. Pet Graveyard is scheduled for release on DVD and digital on April 2nd, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Mar 22, 2019
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Macon Blair Remaking ‘The Toxic Avenger’

Legendary has been kicking around the idea to reboot The Toxic Avenger for a long time, now it seems they are finally setting the wheels in motion, announcing today that the film’s writer-director will be Macon Blair, whose film I Don’t Feel At Home In This World is now streaming on Netflix. Troma’s 1984 classic, from Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, tells the story of Melvin Ferd, a nerd working as a janitor in a New Jersey gym. Constantly picked on and bullied, Melvin is one day chased out of a second-story window landing in a drum of toxic waste which turns him into a hero with super-strength and a face only a mother could love. The Toxic Avenger then sets out to fight crime. Hopefully, more details will surface soon. If by some way you haven’t seen this gem, go check it out, it’s currently streaming on both Amazon Prime and Tubi.

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Mar 22, 2019
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Luca Gudagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Coming To Amazon Prime

Experience Luca Gudagnino’s twisted re-imagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 cult classic this May when Suspiria arrives on Amazon Prime. Starring Dakota Johnson, Oscar® winner and Golden Globe® nominee* Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Mia Goth, and Chloë Grace Moretz the film features a haunting score by Thom Yorke. Suspiria is Guadagnino’s directorial follow-up to the Oscar®-winning Call Me by Your Name (2017). Written by David Kajganich, Suspiria has received incredible critical praise with Variety’s Owen Gleiberman calling it a “lavishly cerebral high-end horror film” and a “divinely demonic spectacle of womanly power.” The film centers on “young American dancer Susie Bannion (Johnson) who arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company, stunning the troupe’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc, with her raw talent. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, Olga, the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the company’s female directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify for the final performance of the company’s

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Mar 21, 2019
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This April Discover The Polish Sci-fi Thriller ‘The Man With The Magic Box’

Peppered with references to such classics as Blade Runner, Brazil and even Men in Black, and influenced by such European classics as Godard’s Alphaville, Melville’s Le Samurai, and Tarkovsky’s Solaris, The Man With the Magic Box is certain to delight seasoned film lovers as it tells it vivid tale of a young man trapped in the future. This “Orwellian sci-fi thriller is set in the dystopian future of 2030 Warsaw. A man wakes up without any memory of his previous life. He is assigned an apartment and a job as a janitor in an office building. But when he finds an old radio from the 1950s, it triggers mysterious visions of another past life. As he tries to piece together his past identity with the help of his beautiful but aloft boss, he runs afoul of a totalitarian government willing to do anything to stop him. A beguiling sci-fi love story that is at turns bleak, absurd, unsettling, and oddly

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Mar 21, 2019

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NJ High School Crushes Stage Production Of Alien

School plays usually don’t bring to mind horror, except for the fact that they are usually terrifyingly dull. But one high school play is taking social media by storm, the North Bergen High School Drama Club in New Jersey is making headlines with their recent stage production of Alien. Aptly titled Alien: The Play. The show was anything but dull. Presented this past Wednesday and Friday, their play was shared by audience members revealing fantastic costumes, props, and backgrounds. Even though the play’s budget was small, especially for a high school production, everyone who saw the play was left impressed. The production’s art director, art teacher Steven Defendini, said there were audible gasps from the crowd as the curtain was lifted. When the actual alien appeared they were screaming,” Defendini stated when describing the reaction when the Xenomorph made its entrance on stage. The production’s fifteen sets were built by Defendini and six students/performers. They also handcrafted the costumes which

Continue reading →
Mar 24, 2019
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‘Drowning Echo’ Trailer Urges You To Not Go Into The Deep End

Something sinister lurks within a swimming pool in Georges Padey’s chlorine-infused creature feature Drowning Echo, premiering this April on Demand. “During a visit to friends, Sara (Itziar Martinez) begins having visions and is attacked by an unearthly creature in her friend’s swimming pool. She soon discovers that anyone who comes into contact with the water is in danger and she is driven to confront the mystical and malevolent creature lurking in the depths.” Also starring Jane the Virgin’s Dennis Mencia, Drowning Echo will be available on VOD and DVD April 4 from High Octane Pictures.

Continue reading →
Mar 24, 2019
Horror Fuel

Shudder Announces Spring Movie Premieres

After a record-smashing 2018 that included releases such as Mandy, Revenge, and Summer of ‘84, Shudder kicked off 2019 with Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich and Horror Noire. Shudder, AMC network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, today announced its Spring lineup of acclaimed, bold and genre-bending Shudder Exclusive movies: Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, crooks vs. killers thriller Monster Party, SXSW and London FrightFest favorite The Ranger, Fantasia International Film Festival special prize winner The Night Shifter, and Australian rampaging creature comedy Boar. LIZZIE (2018) — available Thursday, April 11 (US/Canada) A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE Director: Craig William Macneil, Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Kim Dickens Lizzie (Chloë Sevigny) is a social outcast, living a claustrophobic life that’s ready to boil over. In its dark, moody retelling of the notorious 1892 ax murder of the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts, Lizzie is a psychological thriller that reveals many layers of the strange and fragile

Continue reading →
Mar 24, 2019
Horror Fuel

August Release Date Announced For ‘Tone-Deaf’ – From The Director Of ‘Surbuban Gothic’

Following its premiere at SXSW, Saban Films has picked up and announced an August release date for Tone-Deaf, the latest film written and directed by Suburban Gothic and Excision director Richard Bates Jr. The film follows Olive (Amanda Crew) who, after losing her job and her latest dysfunctional relationship, leaves the city for a weekend of peace in the country, only to discover the dark, disturbing underbelly of rural America. In the film, Olive “rents an eccentric, ornate country house from Harvey (Robert Patrick), an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies — and the two collide.” Ronnie Bates Jr, Shane Brady, Gina Brown, Christian Callaway, and Keisha Castle-Hughes round ou the cast of the film labeled as a horror-comedy-thriller. Tone-Deaf opens in select theaters on August 23, 2019.

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Mar 23, 2019
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The Winchesters Say Goodbye…Supernatural’s 15th Season Will Be Its Last

“Supernatural‘s” Jensen Ackles (Dean), Jared Padalecki (Sam), and Misha Collins (Castiel) made an announcement today that will leave so many fans with broken hearts. The three wanted fans to hear it from them that their 15th season will be their last. The series began in 2005 with two college-aged brothers reuniting after their father goes missing during a hunting trip. During the past 15 years, they encounter everything from angels like Castiel, demons, witches, werewolves, alternative worlds, and met God himself. While people were unaware, the Winchesters saved the world many times. But we knew that it couldn’t go on forever. We will miss Dean, Sam, Castiel, and all of the characters, and their world filled with horror, wonders, and the supernatural. Thank you to the cast and crew for giving us so many amazing, action-filled seasons. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUuPGpgD7T/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvUwKzVAhoU/ I think Kansas said it best… “Carry on my wayward son For there’ll be peace when you are done Lay your

Continue reading →
Mar 22, 2019
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Amazon Casts The Gunslinger And The Man In Black For Their ‘The Dark Tower’ Series

A while back we reported that Amazon had snagged the rights to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower for a new series. Things have been quiet since, up until now. Amazon has now cast the series’ two most important characters, the Gunslinger and the Man in Black. Sam Strike who stars in NBC’s “Timeless” and played Jackson in Leatherface, will be playing the role of the Gunslinger aka Roland Deschain. Roland is the story’s protagonist who comes from a long line of Gunslingers, those who serve as peacekeepers. Jasper Paakkonen, star of “Vikings” and Spike Lee’s Oscar-winning film BlackkKlansman will portray the Man in Black also known as Marten Broadcloak and Randall Flagg, who eventually becomes Roland’s archnemesis throughout King’s books. “The Walking Dead’s” Glen Mazzara is set to serve as showrunner for the series that has nothing to do with the 2017 film starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.

Continue reading →
Mar 22, 2019
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A Cat Stalks The New Clip From ‘Pet Graveyard’

The first trailer and a brand new clip have been released for Pet Graveyard, a new supernatural thriller from Proportion Productions and Millman Productions. Pet Graveyard centers on a group of friends tormented by the Grim Reaper and his sinister pet after they undergo an experiment that allows them to revisit the dead. The film marks the directorial debut of Rebecca J. Matthews (producer of Mother Krampus), from a screenplay by Suzy Spade. Scott Jeffrey (The Bad Nun) produces with Jeff Miller (The Toybox, Ouija House) serving as executive producer. The movie stars Jessica O’Toole, David Cotter, Rita Siddiqui, Hindolo Koroma, Kate Milner-Evans, Georgina Jane, T’Jean Uter-Dinh, and Hattie Willow. Pet Graveyard is scheduled for release on DVD and digital on April 2nd, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Mar 22, 2019
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Macon Blair Remaking ‘The Toxic Avenger’

Legendary has been kicking around the idea to reboot The Toxic Avenger for a long time, now it seems they are finally setting the wheels in motion, announcing today that the film’s writer-director will be Macon Blair, whose film I Don’t Feel At Home In This World is now streaming on Netflix. Troma’s 1984 classic, from Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, tells the story of Melvin Ferd, a nerd working as a janitor in a New Jersey gym. Constantly picked on and bullied, Melvin is one day chased out of a second-story window landing in a drum of toxic waste which turns him into a hero with super-strength and a face only a mother could love. The Toxic Avenger then sets out to fight crime. Hopefully, more details will surface soon. If by some way you haven’t seen this gem, go check it out, it’s currently streaming on both Amazon Prime and Tubi.

Continue reading →
Mar 22, 2019
Horror Fuel

Luca Gudagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Coming To Amazon Prime

Experience Luca Gudagnino’s twisted re-imagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 cult classic this May when Suspiria arrives on Amazon Prime. Starring Dakota Johnson, Oscar® winner and Golden Globe® nominee* Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Mia Goth, and Chloë Grace Moretz the film features a haunting score by Thom Yorke. Suspiria is Guadagnino’s directorial follow-up to the Oscar®-winning Call Me by Your Name (2017). Written by David Kajganich, Suspiria has received incredible critical praise with Variety’s Owen Gleiberman calling it a “lavishly cerebral high-end horror film” and a “divinely demonic spectacle of womanly power.” The film centers on “young American dancer Susie Bannion (Johnson) who arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company, stunning the troupe’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc, with her raw talent. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, Olga, the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the company’s female directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify for the final performance of the company’s

Continue reading →
Mar 21, 2019
Horror Fuel

This April Discover The Polish Sci-fi Thriller ‘The Man With The Magic Box’

Peppered with references to such classics as Blade Runner, Brazil and even Men in Black, and influenced by such European classics as Godard’s Alphaville, Melville’s Le Samurai, and Tarkovsky’s Solaris, The Man With the Magic Box is certain to delight seasoned film lovers as it tells it vivid tale of a young man trapped in the future. This “Orwellian sci-fi thriller is set in the dystopian future of 2030 Warsaw. A man wakes up without any memory of his previous life. He is assigned an apartment and a job as a janitor in an office building. But when he finds an old radio from the 1950s, it triggers mysterious visions of another past life. As he tries to piece together his past identity with the help of his beautiful but aloft boss, he runs afoul of a totalitarian government willing to do anything to stop him. A beguiling sci-fi love story that is at turns bleak, absurd, unsettling, and oddly

Continue reading →
Mar 21, 2019