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Survival Turns Into Savagery In The New ‘Beasts Of The Field’ Trailer

The trailer has landed for indie creature feature Beasts of the Field from director Chase Dudley and writer Brentt Slabchuck. Starring Gregory Blair, Amber Dawn Fox, Ashley Nunes , Savannah Shaffer , Tory Beckham, Patrick Alred, and Keith Nicholson, the film centers on a delusional cryptozoologist and a psychopathic television presenter lead an amateur expedition into wild forests in hopes of finding the legendary Thunderbird, which they believe is the ancestor of a prehistoric Pteranodon. As soon as the release date is announced for Beasts of the Field we’ll let you know. In the meantime be sure to follow the film on Facebook for updates, behind-the-scenes photos and more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 15, 2018
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Who You Gonna Call? The Original Cast For Ghostbusters 3!

Back in 1984, the world was introduced to the Ghostbusters. In 1989 we got a sequel. After years of rumors, it looks like fans will finally get to see the men back in action. In fact, according to Dan Aykroyd, star and one of the writers of the original film, there’s a script being written as we speak. During a new interview, Dan Aykroyd was asked if fans might ever see the sequel whose details were leaked years ago. There is a possiblity of a reunion with the three remaining Ghostbusters. It’s being written right now…I think Billy will come. The story’s so good. Even if he plays a ghost.” In the past, the sequel has been held up do to Bill Murray’s reported reluctance to reprise his character Dr. Peter Venkman. So where is the rest of the cast? Unfortunately, Harold Ramis who played Dr. Spengler passed away in 2014. Ernie Hudson who played Winston is still making appearances

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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‘Mandy’ Makes Its Streaming Premiere Exclusively On Shudder This November

Mandy, hailed by Newsweek as a “fable from an alternate dimension,” is set to make its highly anticipated streaming premiere exclusively on Shudder later this month. Directed by Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow) and produced by SpectreVision, XYZ Films, and Umedia, Mandy stars Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Nicolas Cage in a stunning performance that critics are celebrating as one of the best in his long and illustrious career—and which Entertainment Weekly raves is “insane (in all the right ways).” Cage stars as a man whose peaceful woodland existence with his wife is brutally shattered by a nightmarish religious cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling him into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Bloodline) and Linus Roache (Homeland, Batman Begins) also star. AMC’s streaming network for horror and thrillers, Shudder has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to Mandy in the U.S. from RLJ Entertainment and the Canadian rights from Elevation Pictures. Mandy is the latest in a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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Tennessee Wraith Chasers Investigate The Bell Witch On Friday’s “Haunted Live” Season Finale

Tune in this Friday (11/16) for the season finale of Travel Channel’s “Haunted Live” featuring The Tennessee Wraith Chasers‘ (interview) investigation of one of the most legendary paranormal legends in the US, the Bell Witch case, the only haunted house to ever be investigated by a state government and deemed true. The legend goes that the family of a local farmer named John Bell was plagued by a mysterious and violent spirit for nearly four years. The spirit identified itself as the “witch” of Kate Batts, a neighbor of the Bell’s, with whom John had experienced bad business dealings over some purchased slaves. The haunting involved spectral creatures, disembodied voices, unbelievable violence and even resulted in the death of John Bell — all at the hands of the infamous Bell Witch. Today, a log cabin and school stand on the property; and only one person has spent the night in the cabin without fleeing the Bell Witch. Joining the Wraith

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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Get Ready For One Hell Of A Wild Ride ‘Hell Fest’ Is Coming To Blu-ray And DVD This December

This December get ready for one hell of a bloody wild ride with Hell Fest, the action-packed horror film from director Gregory Plotkin, the editor of Get Out and Happy Death Day, and the director of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. In the film, a group of friends are bound for a horror-themed Halloween event at a local amusement park — a sprawling labyrinth of rides, games, and mazes that travels the country and happens to be in town. But for one visitor, the ghoulish carnival of nightmares is not the attraction — it is a hunting ground. On the night the friends attend, a masked serial killer turns the amusement park into his own playground, terrorizing attendees while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. As the body count and frenzied excitement of the crowd continue to rise, who will fight to survive the night? The slasher film stars Amy Forsyth (TV’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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This November ‘Mrs. Claus’ Is Out For Blood

It’s going to be a very Black Christmas. Scream Queen Brinke Stevens, My Bloody Valentine’s Helene Udy and Kaylee Williams (Model Hunger) star in the stocking stuffer, Mrs. Claus. In the film, a group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past is stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus in writer/director Troy Escamilla’s award-winning yuletide spookfest. Mrs. Claus premieres on VOD and DVD November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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A German Fairy Tale Takes A Savage Turn In ‘Snowflake’

Artsploitation has announced the release of Adolfo Kolmerer‘s award-winning film Snowflake flowing its festival tour where it won Best Film and Best Director. In the film, while hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic near-future Berlin, two outlaws find themselves trapped in the wicked fairy tale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently, all written by a clueless dentist. In their quest for vengeance, they must contend with a myriad of wicked fairy tale assassins, madmen, a blood-covered angel, and an electric-powered superhero. Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, Alexander Schubert, Adran Topol, and Gedeon Burkhard star in Snowflake arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on December 4, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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A Man Finds Himself Trapped With 24 Hours To Live In The Kidnap Thriller ‘Cargo’

Anthony Peterson has 24 hours of air. A cell phone. And no way out. In the tradition of Saw and Buried, Cargo is set to arrive this week on home entertainment and follows a man who wakes to find he is trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die. Ron Thompson (American Me), Corbin Timbrook (The Glass Shield), Jose Rosete (”The Walking Dead: Red Machete”) and Danika Fields (”The Doctors”) star in the James Dylan film. Cargo arrives on VOD and DVD on November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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IFC Midnight To ‘Pledge’ A Twisted Frat This January

This January, IFC Midnight’s frat house flick Pledge is ready to put you through hell week. The award-winning thriller, from director Daniel Robbins, is fresh off its festival tour and ready shock viewers. Pledge follows three nerdy college freshmen, Ethan, David, and Justin, are having a tough time adjusting to college life. Rejected and ridiculed by just about every fraternity on campus, they are prepared to give up all hope. That is until a girl invites them off campus to a party at a secluded mansion. They are not only invited in but also treated like princes by the resident brothers. The party is everything they dreamed college would be—beautiful women, drinking, and most importantly, a cool group of guys willing to accept them as one of their own. When the friends are presented with an opportunity to pledge the elite social club, they accept without hesitation. However, as the gruesome, dehumanizing hazing progresses, a more sinister picture of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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Kevin Durand Set To Play Villain In DC’s “Swamp Thing”

The cast of James Wan’s DC series “Swamp Thing” continues to grow. Today, Kevin Durand has joined the cast that already includes Candyman’s Virginia Madsen, along with Crystal Reed, Jeryl Prescott, Jennifer Beals, Maria Sten, and Crystal Reed, with Friday the 13th‘s Derek Mears playing the title character based on the comic created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. Durand has been cast as Jason Woodtrue, who is described as a brilliant but prickly “genius who is a biogeneticist without equal and he knows it. Brought in to study the unique properties of a small-town Louisiana swamp, Woodrue becomes fixated on unlocking the potential contained within — leading to tragic and monstrous consequences.” Woodtrue is also known as the super-villain Floronic Man aka Floro aka the Seeder, part human, part plant. Also referred to as “Plant Master” the character made his first appearance in The Atom #1 back in 1962. Written by Mark Verheiden and Gary Dauberman, the series follows

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2018

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Survival Turns Into Savagery In The New ‘Beasts Of The Field’ Trailer

The trailer has landed for indie creature feature Beasts of the Field from director Chase Dudley and writer Brentt Slabchuck. Starring Gregory Blair, Amber Dawn Fox, Ashley Nunes , Savannah Shaffer , Tory Beckham, Patrick Alred, and Keith Nicholson, the film centers on a delusional cryptozoologist and a psychopathic television presenter lead an amateur expedition into wild forests in hopes of finding the legendary Thunderbird, which they believe is the ancestor of a prehistoric Pteranodon. As soon as the release date is announced for Beasts of the Field we’ll let you know. In the meantime be sure to follow the film on Facebook for updates, behind-the-scenes photos and more.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 15, 2018
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Who You Gonna Call? The Original Cast For Ghostbusters 3!

Back in 1984, the world was introduced to the Ghostbusters. In 1989 we got a sequel. After years of rumors, it looks like fans will finally get to see the men back in action. In fact, according to Dan Aykroyd, star and one of the writers of the original film, there’s a script being written as we speak. During a new interview, Dan Aykroyd was asked if fans might ever see the sequel whose details were leaked years ago. There is a possiblity of a reunion with the three remaining Ghostbusters. It’s being written right now…I think Billy will come. The story’s so good. Even if he plays a ghost.” In the past, the sequel has been held up do to Bill Murray’s reported reluctance to reprise his character Dr. Peter Venkman. So where is the rest of the cast? Unfortunately, Harold Ramis who played Dr. Spengler passed away in 2014. Ernie Hudson who played Winston is still making appearances

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Nov 14, 2018
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‘Mandy’ Makes Its Streaming Premiere Exclusively On Shudder This November

Mandy, hailed by Newsweek as a “fable from an alternate dimension,” is set to make its highly anticipated streaming premiere exclusively on Shudder later this month. Directed by Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow) and produced by SpectreVision, XYZ Films, and Umedia, Mandy stars Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Nicolas Cage in a stunning performance that critics are celebrating as one of the best in his long and illustrious career—and which Entertainment Weekly raves is “insane (in all the right ways).” Cage stars as a man whose peaceful woodland existence with his wife is brutally shattered by a nightmarish religious cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling him into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Bloodline) and Linus Roache (Homeland, Batman Begins) also star. AMC’s streaming network for horror and thrillers, Shudder has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to Mandy in the U.S. from RLJ Entertainment and the Canadian rights from Elevation Pictures. Mandy is the latest in a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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Tennessee Wraith Chasers Investigate The Bell Witch On Friday’s “Haunted Live” Season Finale

Tune in this Friday (11/16) for the season finale of Travel Channel’s “Haunted Live” featuring The Tennessee Wraith Chasers‘ (interview) investigation of one of the most legendary paranormal legends in the US, the Bell Witch case, the only haunted house to ever be investigated by a state government and deemed true. The legend goes that the family of a local farmer named John Bell was plagued by a mysterious and violent spirit for nearly four years. The spirit identified itself as the “witch” of Kate Batts, a neighbor of the Bell’s, with whom John had experienced bad business dealings over some purchased slaves. The haunting involved spectral creatures, disembodied voices, unbelievable violence and even resulted in the death of John Bell — all at the hands of the infamous Bell Witch. Today, a log cabin and school stand on the property; and only one person has spent the night in the cabin without fleeing the Bell Witch. Joining the Wraith

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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Get Ready For One Hell Of A Wild Ride ‘Hell Fest’ Is Coming To Blu-ray And DVD This December

This December get ready for one hell of a bloody wild ride with Hell Fest, the action-packed horror film from director Gregory Plotkin, the editor of Get Out and Happy Death Day, and the director of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. In the film, a group of friends are bound for a horror-themed Halloween event at a local amusement park — a sprawling labyrinth of rides, games, and mazes that travels the country and happens to be in town. But for one visitor, the ghoulish carnival of nightmares is not the attraction — it is a hunting ground. On the night the friends attend, a masked serial killer turns the amusement park into his own playground, terrorizing attendees while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. As the body count and frenzied excitement of the crowd continue to rise, who will fight to survive the night? The slasher film stars Amy Forsyth (TV’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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This November ‘Mrs. Claus’ Is Out For Blood

It’s going to be a very Black Christmas. Scream Queen Brinke Stevens, My Bloody Valentine’s Helene Udy and Kaylee Williams (Model Hunger) star in the stocking stuffer, Mrs. Claus. In the film, a group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past is stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus in writer/director Troy Escamilla’s award-winning yuletide spookfest. Mrs. Claus premieres on VOD and DVD November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 14, 2018
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A German Fairy Tale Takes A Savage Turn In ‘Snowflake’

Artsploitation has announced the release of Adolfo Kolmerer‘s award-winning film Snowflake flowing its festival tour where it won Best Film and Best Director. In the film, while hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic near-future Berlin, two outlaws find themselves trapped in the wicked fairy tale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently, all written by a clueless dentist. In their quest for vengeance, they must contend with a myriad of wicked fairy tale assassins, madmen, a blood-covered angel, and an electric-powered superhero. Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, Alexander Schubert, Adran Topol, and Gedeon Burkhard star in Snowflake arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on December 4, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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A Man Finds Himself Trapped With 24 Hours To Live In The Kidnap Thriller ‘Cargo’

Anthony Peterson has 24 hours of air. A cell phone. And no way out. In the tradition of Saw and Buried, Cargo is set to arrive this week on home entertainment and follows a man who wakes to find he is trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die. Ron Thompson (American Me), Corbin Timbrook (The Glass Shield), Jose Rosete (”The Walking Dead: Red Machete”) and Danika Fields (”The Doctors”) star in the James Dylan film. Cargo arrives on VOD and DVD on November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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IFC Midnight To ‘Pledge’ A Twisted Frat This January

This January, IFC Midnight’s frat house flick Pledge is ready to put you through hell week. The award-winning thriller, from director Daniel Robbins, is fresh off its festival tour and ready shock viewers. Pledge follows three nerdy college freshmen, Ethan, David, and Justin, are having a tough time adjusting to college life. Rejected and ridiculed by just about every fraternity on campus, they are prepared to give up all hope. That is until a girl invites them off campus to a party at a secluded mansion. They are not only invited in but also treated like princes by the resident brothers. The party is everything they dreamed college would be—beautiful women, drinking, and most importantly, a cool group of guys willing to accept them as one of their own. When the friends are presented with an opportunity to pledge the elite social club, they accept without hesitation. However, as the gruesome, dehumanizing hazing progresses, a more sinister picture of the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2018
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Kevin Durand Set To Play Villain In DC’s “Swamp Thing”

The cast of James Wan’s DC series “Swamp Thing” continues to grow. Today, Kevin Durand has joined the cast that already includes Candyman’s Virginia Madsen, along with Crystal Reed, Jeryl Prescott, Jennifer Beals, Maria Sten, and Crystal Reed, with Friday the 13th‘s Derek Mears playing the title character based on the comic created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. Durand has been cast as Jason Woodtrue, who is described as a brilliant but prickly “genius who is a biogeneticist without equal and he knows it. Brought in to study the unique properties of a small-town Louisiana swamp, Woodrue becomes fixated on unlocking the potential contained within — leading to tragic and monstrous consequences.” Woodtrue is also known as the super-villain Floronic Man aka Floro aka the Seeder, part human, part plant. Also referred to as “Plant Master” the character made his first appearance in The Atom #1 back in 1962. Written by Mark Verheiden and Gary Dauberman, the series follows

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