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What Keeps You Alive’s Red Band Trailer Will Leave Your Heart Pounding

IFC Midnight has released red-band trailer for Colin Minihan‘s What Keeps You Alive following the film’s celebrated World Premiere at SXSW, and ahead of its screening at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Have you ever asked yourself how much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. “Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie’s family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules’ normally loving wife, as Jackie (if that even is her real name) begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side—all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves most in a terrifying fight to survive. Defying expectations at every turn, Director Colin Minihan delivers a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2018
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Don’t Miss The ‘King Cohen’ Q&A Tonight Featuring Larry Cohen And Steve Mitchell

Writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen, acclaimed master of horror Mick Garris, King Cohen director Steve Mitchell and celebrated screenwriter participate in a Q&A tonight July 23 at Laemmle NoHo 7! The event follows the 7pm screening of King Cohen at the theatre, located on Lankershim Blvd. Tickets are available here. Larry Cohen, best known for resourceful low-budget horror and thriller films that combine social commentary with prerequisite scares and welcome humor, is responsible for celluloid classics including Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff. He was also a major player in the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, as well as a prominent Hollywood screenwriter (Phone Booth). King Cohen features interviews with such industry luminaries as Martin Scorsese, J.J Abrams, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, John Landis, Fred Williamson as well as Cohen himself. Cohen’s remarkable one-of-a-kind career, from 60’s TV series creator (Branded, The Invaders), to 70’s and 80’s independent film icon and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2018
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Joss Whedon Announces “Buffy” Series Reboot At SDCC

Last night at the San Diego Comic-Con Joss Whedon announced that he is executive producing a reboot of his career-making series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” with “Agents of Shield” producer and “Midnight, Texas” creator Monica Breen handling the script. That’s not all. This time around, Buffy will be played by a yet to be named African American actress. The series will “contemporary” and will be “building on the mythology” of the original series. The series that ran from 1996 to 2003 followed Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, a young woman forced to fulfill her destiny of fighting vampires and demons with the help of her friends all while struggling to live the life of a normal teenage girl. The original series was based on the 1992 film by the same name, which Whedon also wrote.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2018
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A First Look At M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ (New Images)

New images from M. Night Shyamalan‘s Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, have arrived via EW. In the first image, we see David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Endell Crumb (James McAvoy), and Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) sitting together in an asylum. Split and Unbreakable we tied together in the last moments of Split when Bruce Willis’ character makes a cameo and makes a reference to Mr. Glass. Split stars James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy who will also be returning for Glass. McAvoy plays a young man who has kidnapped Joy’s character. What makes his character so interesting is that he hosts dozens of personalities. “American Horror Story” actress Sarah Paulson also stars. Spencer Treat Clark and Luke Kirby co-star. In Unbreakable, security Guard David Dunn miraculously survives a catastrophic train crash outside Philadelphia. Not only is he the sole survivor out of 132 passengers, he also is completely unharmed. A little later, comic book specialist

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 13, 2018
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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
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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
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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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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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What Keeps You Alive’s Red Band Trailer Will Leave Your Heart Pounding

IFC Midnight has released red-band trailer for Colin Minihan‘s What Keeps You Alive following the film’s celebrated World Premiere at SXSW, and ahead of its screening at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Have you ever asked yourself how much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. “Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie’s family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules’ normally loving wife, as Jackie (if that even is her real name) begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side—all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves most in a terrifying fight to survive. Defying expectations at every turn, Director Colin Minihan delivers a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2018
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Don’t Miss The ‘King Cohen’ Q&A Tonight Featuring Larry Cohen And Steve Mitchell

Writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen, acclaimed master of horror Mick Garris, King Cohen director Steve Mitchell and celebrated screenwriter participate in a Q&A tonight July 23 at Laemmle NoHo 7! The event follows the 7pm screening of King Cohen at the theatre, located on Lankershim Blvd. Tickets are available here. Larry Cohen, best known for resourceful low-budget horror and thriller films that combine social commentary with prerequisite scares and welcome humor, is responsible for celluloid classics including Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff. He was also a major player in the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, as well as a prominent Hollywood screenwriter (Phone Booth). King Cohen features interviews with such industry luminaries as Martin Scorsese, J.J Abrams, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, John Landis, Fred Williamson as well as Cohen himself. Cohen’s remarkable one-of-a-kind career, from 60’s TV series creator (Branded, The Invaders), to 70’s and 80’s independent film icon and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2018
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Joss Whedon Announces “Buffy” Series Reboot At SDCC

Last night at the San Diego Comic-Con Joss Whedon announced that he is executive producing a reboot of his career-making series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” with “Agents of Shield” producer and “Midnight, Texas” creator Monica Breen handling the script. That’s not all. This time around, Buffy will be played by a yet to be named African American actress. The series will “contemporary” and will be “building on the mythology” of the original series. The series that ran from 1996 to 2003 followed Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, a young woman forced to fulfill her destiny of fighting vampires and demons with the help of her friends all while struggling to live the life of a normal teenage girl. The original series was based on the 1992 film by the same name, which Whedon also wrote.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2018
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A First Look At M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ (New Images)

New images from M. Night Shyamalan‘s Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, have arrived via EW. In the first image, we see David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Endell Crumb (James McAvoy), and Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) sitting together in an asylum. Split and Unbreakable we tied together in the last moments of Split when Bruce Willis’ character makes a cameo and makes a reference to Mr. Glass. Split stars James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy who will also be returning for Glass. McAvoy plays a young man who has kidnapped Joy’s character. What makes his character so interesting is that he hosts dozens of personalities. “American Horror Story” actress Sarah Paulson also stars. Spencer Treat Clark and Luke Kirby co-star. In Unbreakable, security Guard David Dunn miraculously survives a catastrophic train crash outside Philadelphia. Not only is he the sole survivor out of 132 passengers, he also is completely unharmed. A little later, comic book specialist

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 13, 2018
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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

Continue reading →
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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 12, 2018
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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
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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),

Continue reading →
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.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 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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