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Take A Trip To A Sinister Theater In The ‘Nightmare Cinema’ Trailer

Ahead of its world premiere the Friday at the Fantasia Film Festival, Nightmare Cinema, from Cinelou Films, has released its first teaser trailer. Featuring five tales from five brilliant Masters of Horrors, this film includes segments from directors Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling), Mick Garris (The Shining series, Sleepwalkers), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Ryuhei Kitamura (Downrange, Versus), and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead). In this anthology, “A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings. By the time our patrons realize the truth, escape is no longer an option. For once the ticket is torn, their fate is sealed at Nightmare Cinema.” The cast includes Patrick Wilson, Eric Nelson, Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlin, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin, Kevin Fonteyne, Maurice

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 13, 2018

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Six Must See Films Premiering At The Fantasia Film Festival (2018)

There are a lot of film festivals taking place this summer but one of our favorites is the Fantasia Film Festival (July 12th to August 1st). Every year the number of amazing films making their world premiere grows. While there are a lot of fantastic films this year, we’ve picked six genre films that we think you really need to see. The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot Directed and written by Robert D. Krzykowski, the film stars Sam Elliot as Calvin Barr, a legendary World War II veteran who many years ago assassinated Adolf Hitler – an incredible secret that he’s frustratingly unable to share with the world. One day, just as he’s coming to terms with rounding out his life, Calvin gets a visit from the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They need him to take out Bigfoot. Tales from the Hood 2 The sequel to the groundbreaking original film Tales from the Hood reunites

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 12, 2018

Film Festivals

North Bend Film Festival Announces Line-up

The North Bend Film Festival is right around the corner and the full line-up for their inaugural edition, including Cinema Vista and Something Strange feature and short film programs, has just been announced. In addition to the films, the weekend of August 23rd to the 26th will be rich with events that embrace the town of North Bend, once the original shooting location for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, such as a special Twin Peaks Tour, a scenic mountainside hike (offering attendees a rare chance for excursion!), and ‘Damn Fine Coffee’ mixers to kick off the mornings just right. Cinema Vista offers a spectrum of vanguard cinema with centerpiece screening SHIRKERS (presented by The Stranger) and retro screening of the iconic Pacific Northwest queer feature MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (presented with Seattle-based Three Dollar Bill Cinema). Image courtesy of Netflix Shirkers (Washington Premiere) USA | 2018 | 96 Min | Dir. Sandi Tan Cinema-loving teenager Sandi Tan and two friends had

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 12, 2018

Events

The Queen Mary Kicks Off Midsummer Scream This July

This July The Queen Mary‘s Dark Harbor haunt will unveil its highly-anticipated 2018 season, Midsummer Scream, in Long Beach. They will also welcome a new, dark, surprise guest, character appearances, and a behind the scenes look at all the wicked frights to come. Join the producers and directors of Dark Harbor for a featured presentation and discussion of all that’s new and exciting for Dark Harbor in 2018 on Sunday, July 29th at 12 pm PST Be one of the first to learn all the gruesome details of Southern California’s authentically haunted attraction and the malevolent details of who will haunt the Dark Harbor shipyard, and haunt attendees nightmares, nightly. Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is a weekend-long celebration of everything Halloween, haunts and horror on July 28-29 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Get your tickets here for Sunday, July 29 at 12 pm. Where: Midsummer Scream GRAND BALLROOM Long Beach Convention Center 300 E Ocean

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 10, 2018

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‘The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The BigFoot’ Making Its World Premiere At Fantasia

The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up for a big year, including the world premiere of Robert D. Krzykowski‘s The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigFoot on July 20th. Star of film and screen Sam Elliot stars as Calvin Barr, a legendary World War II veteran who many years ago assassinated Adolf Hitler – an incredible secret that he’s frustratingly unable to share with the world. One day, just as he’s coming to terms with rounding out his life, Calvin gets a visit from the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They need him to take out Bigfoot. Elliot has had a long, amazing career in both television and film, starring movies like Tombstone, Road House, The Big Lebowski, and We Were Soldiers, as well as series like “The Ranch”, “Justified”, and so many more. The feature debut from writer/director Robert D. Krzykowski features visual effects by celebrated two-time Academy Award Winner Douglas Trumbull (Blade Runner),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 10, 2018

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Horror Comedy ‘Book Of Monsters’ Releases Gore Filled Trailer Ahead Of FrightFest

Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest, the trailer for the horror comedy Book of Monsters has released its first gore-filled trailer. Filled with gore, sex, and supernatural entities, the film, directed by Stewart Sparke and written by Paul Butler, stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis, Steph Mossman, and Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser). In the film, “Sophie’s 18th birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and eaten, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell. To survive the night, Sophie will face her destiny; monsters are real – and she’s the only one who can stop them.” For more on FrightFest happening this August please visit their official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 9, 2018

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Yvette Nicole Brown Taking Over Walking Dead Panel At SDCC

Following accusations of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse against “Talking Dead” host Chris Hardwick, AMC has asked the fan’s favorite guest of the show and TWD expert Yvette Nicole Brown to take over hosting duties for the Comic-Con panel later this month. The 11:15 am to 1:15 pm “Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead” double panel is expected to include the hit show’s stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Danai Gurira, and Melissa McBride, as well as “Fear the Walking Dead’s” Kim Dickens, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Lennie James, and the two series’ executive producers Gale Anne Hurd, Angela Kang, and creator Robert Kirkman. Odds are the premiere date for TWD’s new season will be announced during the panel, as it has been in the past. Brown replacing Hardwick at Comic-Con has raised suspensions that she may replace him on “Talking Dead”. AMC has declined to air Hardwick’s other series Talking with Chris Hardwick”, which was set

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 4, 2018

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First Images Surface From ‘Tales From The Hood 2’

Set to make its world premiere at the Fantasia film festival, the first images have surfaced from Tales from the Hood 2, starring The Thing actor Keith David. David has taken over the role of Portifoy Simms, originally played by Clarence Williams III who passed away in 2012. David stars alongside Bryan Batt, Alexandria DeBerry, Jay Huguley, Kendrick Cross, Andy Cohen, Martin Bats Bradford, Adian Lockett, Kenesha Washington, Cat Limket, Gunnar Anderson, Greg Tarzan Davis, Toney Chapman Steele, and more. Written and directed by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, the anthology film features stories about lust, greed, pride, and politics told through tales with possessed psychics, demonic dolls, vengeful vixens, and ghosts. Cundieff and Scott produce with Spike Lee serving as executive producer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 2, 2018

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‘The Captain’ Tops Cinepocalypse’s List Of This Year’s Winners

The Music Box Theatre is honored to announce the juried winners of the 2018 edition of Cinepocalypse. As the festival wraps today, it is also immensely proud to note that, in its sophomore year, the festival shattered its first year attendance record, and won accolades for its progressive, boundary-pushing, and phenomenal programming and guests.” The festival’s feature film jury, which was co-chaired by DOCTOR STRANGE director Scott Derrickson, screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, and Deputy Director of the Illinois Film Office Louis Ferrara have awarded “Best Film” to Robert Schwentke’s riveting World War II thriller THE CAPTAIN; “Best Screenplay” to Matt Leslie and Stephen Smith for their retro throwback mystery SUMMER OF ’84; and “Best Director” to Joko Anwar for his horrific, electrifying take on the haunted house genre, SATAN’S SLAVES (PENGABDI SETAN). Additional feature awards were given to Joe Cole, for “Best Actor” in A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN, and Paula Niedert Elliott, for “Best Actress” in CLARA’S GHOST. The festival

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 30, 2018

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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ Gets Colorful New Poster

Today writer-director M. Night Shyamalan revealed via social media the teaser poster for Glass, his sequel to both Unbreakable and Split. But if you need your #GlassMovie fix before July 20th, here’s the world premiere of our teaser poster. pic.twitter.com/HsMa0bzR7N — M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) June 29, 2018 The film will bring together the main characters of the first two films, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and James McAvoy. Sarah Paulson and Anya Taylor-Joy also star. When speaking with EW, Sarah Paulson described Glass as “what if these real-life supervillains and superheroes are somehow locked up together? I mean, what could go wrong?” Shyamalan has also confirmed that he and the cast will be at Comic-Con in July. Glass will open in theaters on January 18, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 30, 2018

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