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The Strangers 2 to be Helmed by Indie Horror Director Johannes Roberts

It’s been nine years since “Dollface”, “Pin-Up Girl”and the “Man in the Mask” set upon and terrorized a young couple in their secluded vacation home in Brian Bertino’s 2008 film, The Strangers. Now the trio are coming out of hiding, if they were in fact really hiding, to wreak similar havoc upon a family of four in a whole new venue. Bertino is back to write the script for The Strangers 2, and will be joined in this endeavor by The Forest screenwriter, Ben Ketai. However, this time around it will be The Other Side of the Door director, Johannes Roberts, sitting in the director’s chair as the gruesome threesome commit their malevolent acts. As of right now, the US based production of the film is preparing for cameras to roll sometime this summer. When the dust had settled at the end of the last film, “Pin-up Girl” remarked to “Dollface”, “It’ll be easier next time”. Well, I guess once

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Capt McNeely

Feb 4, 2017

DocumentariesMoviesStreaming TVTrue Crime

John Borowski’s SERIAL KILLER CULTURE TV Coming Soon to Amazon

Serial killers, there’s no doubt that it’s a subject that fascinates us as a society. The evidence can be found in the popularity of movies and books chronicling the exploits of these real life monsters. Said fascination has even served as inspiration for the creation of fictional serial killers for the printed page and the big screen, who have taken their place in popular culture right beside their real life counter parts. But truth is, if you’ll pardon the cliché, stranger than fiction. One such person, who has spent time shedding light on the truths behind some of these historical homicidal maniacs, is author and filmmaker John Borowski. To date Borowski has made four documentary films about real life serial killers: Serial Killer Culture, Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance, Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation and my personal favorite of the bunch, H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer. Additionally he has written three books on the

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Capt McNeely

Feb 4, 2017

Events

Hollywood Comes to NOVA Fest!

The Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival (The NOVA Fest) expands to new levels with an all-encompassing world of film and distribution. After hosting several hundred films from over 30 countries, branching out into two satellite film festivals in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., adding a Battle of the Bands, and extending the festival to two full weeks of celebration, The NOVA Fest has added a powerful new wing! Producers now have the opportunity to sell their productions in ALL MEDIA platforms and attend conferences educating and keeping them up-to-speed on industry trends. Agents representing Netflix, Amazon, hulu, iTunes, Google Play and more will be on hand to close distribution deals. Seminars, panels, parties, live music and an elaborate awards ceremony will be held at the Mosaic in Fairfax, Virginia while CAPITAL events will be held at the RITZ-CARLTON Hotel in Tysons Corner, VA. Supported by the Virginia Film Office, The NOVA Fest is bringing more than a slice

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Capt McNeely

Feb 4, 2017

MoviesReviews

Movie Review: ROMEO’S DISTRESS a Prime Example of Micro Budget Brilliance.

“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.” – Charles M. Schulz Let’s face it, unrequited love is a real son-of-a-bitch! It’s like being stabbed in the heart with a dagger, made of pure love and emotion, all the way to the hilt and broken off in your chest…or something like that. It may be different for some, but I digress. James is an unorthodox young man, who takes care of his loony old grandmother. He also likes photography and hanging out in the cemetery, while sometimes singing little ditties about a “cheesecake of love”. He’s also a young man who fully understands the aforementioned concept of unrequited love, because he too is afflicted. The object of his desires is a beautiful young woman named Jane. And while James hasn’t directly expressed this to her, it’s anyone’s guess as to whether Jane is privy to his feelings for her or how deeply said feelings run. However,

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Capt McNeely

Feb 4, 2017

True Story

Anna Marie Hahn…Killer of the Elderly

Happy Women in Horror Month! This month we celebrate the women in the world of horror. I have done a number of articles on serial killers, mass murderers and other horrific people, but this moth I turn my focus to the world of female terror. Anna Marie Hahn (Filser) was born in Germany in 1906. She was the youngest of 12 children and started her scandalous life at a very early age. At 12 years old she had an affair with a married physician and birthed a son named Oskar. Her horrified family sent her to the States without her child to live with relatives there. While in America, she met and married fellow German immigrant Philip Hahn. After this marriage, she was reunited with her son. Anna, however was not the doting mother that fairy tales are made of. She had a severe gambling habit and began a life of robbery to pay her debts. On May 6, 1933

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Feb 3, 2017

MoviesNews

IT’ Producer Drops Character Photos Of The Losers. Trailer Coming Soon?

We may have a trailer to watch within the next day or so for the newest adaption of Stephen King’s IT. This assumption comes after IT producer Barbara Muschietti, dropped a series of post on Instagram featuring photos from the set of the film featuring Jaeden Wesley, Chosen Jacobs, Jack D. Grazer, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wyatt Oleff, Sophia Lillis and Finn Wolfhard in character as the Losers clan (fans of the Stephen King adaption and novel would know I’m referring to the Loser Club, a club formed by the characters as a way of joining together all misfits). [Related: Take A Walk Through Derry With These New Shots From The IT Remake] Below you’ll find a series of screen-shots I took from Muschietti’s Instagram page featuring the actors and their assigned roles in hashtag. The posting of these photos, which were done daily for about a week, suggest production is doing a countdown to some big reveal. Like the 1990

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Feb 2, 2017

News

John Williams Merges Humor and Horror in New Film “Crispy’s Curse”

Horror hits the funny bone with Crispy’s Curse. Director John Williams (The Slayers) brings demonic clown back in his new film. Humanity’s only possible saviors are a Christian metal band called Messiah’s Fist. Laughter, gore, demons, and heavy metal all merge to make a delightfully fun. Even Better, you can contribute to this gem in the horror canon buy contributing to its Indiegogo campaign. “Crispy’s Curse is a feature film that follows a christian heavy metal band as they do battle with a ghostly, demonic, murderous…but quite charming clown called Crispy. Crispy must be stopped before the towns population decreases further as he seeks bloody revenge on the ones that had him killed. I aim to raise £8000 for vital post production and promotion work on the film, to do this i have selected a range of incentives in the form of perks, including a copy of the movie on completion.” “He belongs in the pits of hell, but he

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Capt McNeely

Feb 1, 2017

True Story

A Barrel of Terror in Bear Brook Park

I like to peruse the garage sales that pop up on long weekends during the short Canadian summers an I remember a couple of years ago I was at one particular sale that was sketchy right off the bat. I was afraid to touch anything and the large, scraggle-bearded man who hacked between drags on his cigarette kept trying to push various superfluous, dust covered items into my hands. My interest in his ramshackle garage sale was dwindling until I saw a stack of 6 cardboard boxes labeled “Mystery box” with prices anywhere from $5.00 – $10.00 on them. I am a sucker for a mystery. Hesitantly, I picked up one box, handed a crisp bill to the man and left with my box of secrets. I justified by thinking that the mystery itself was worth the cash I had spent…I was wrong. In the box was old camping gear which included plastic cutlery in a smoky plastic bag, a

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Capt McNeely

Jan 31, 2017

True Story

Billy Milligan…And 24 Others – The True Story That Inspired “Split”

Night Shyamalan movies have frankly been a little flat lately. He had some great films with Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and a smattering of others (Check out his 2010 film Devil) but for the most part in his recent history it has been flub after flub. However, I am extremely intrigued and interested in his new movie Split which is about a man navigating through a life of 23 multiple personalities. This film is loosely based on the life of William (Billy) Stanley Milligan who was also an influence for the 1996 thriller Primal Fear. Mulligan is the first person to be acquitted of multiple major crimes by claiming that his other personalities – and therefore, other people – committed the crimes. Billy Milligan was born in 1955 in Ohio to Dorothy Milligan and Johnny Morrison. The unwed couple had three children and did not create a good environment for their little family. Johnny drank a lot, was in gambling debt,

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Jan 29, 2017

MoviesReviews

Movie Review: SLAW is a Ridiculous Mix of Crazy Humor and Cabbage.

Common courtesy is a concept that is…well, less than common nowadays. In fact it’s practically extinct. Now the mature thing to do in the face of rudeness, they say (whoever THEY are), is to turn the other cheek. BUT, on the other hand, how satisfying would it be to penalize someone for their rude behavior? Not whining about it on Facebook or Tweeting about it, or leaving a negative review on Yelp. I mean truly letting somebody have it in the manner you see fit. Two brothers, Gordon and Martha, completely agree that the whole forgive and forget notion is not a viable option. Feeling that they have experienced a higher level of discourtesy, whilst dining out, than any two people should have to endure. These two believe that the time has come to teach these ill-mannered perpetrators a lesson…with coleslaw. Yes, you read that right, COLESLAW. Each of the impolite individuals responsible has been selected to “play a game”,

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Jan 27, 2017

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