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From The Director Of “The Purge” Comes ‘Trick’, A Real Halloween Treat

Just in time for Halloween, RLJE is giving horror fans a real treat, TRICK. From the director of My Bloody Valentine 3D, The Eye, and USA’s “The Purge” comes a tale of a killer seemingly back from the dead and on a mission to kill. TRICK features Omar Epps (“House,” “This Is Us” Season 4), Ellen Adair (“Homeland”, “The Sinner”), Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot”, “Shades of Blue”), Jamie Kennedy (Scream franchise), and Tom Atkins (Escape From New York, Halloween III: Season of the Witch). Todd Farmer (My Bloody Valentine, Jason X) co-wrote the film along with Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry). On Halloween night in 2015, Patrick “Trick” Weaver massacred his classmates at a costume party. After being arrested, he managed to escape police custody, but not before being shot five times by Detective Mike Denver (Epps). Everyone believes Trick must be dead, but when a masked killer reappears the following Halloween, and every Halloween after that, they realize the nightmare is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2019
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Netflix And Chills Giving Horror Fans A Real Halloween Treat (Schedule)

It’s that time of year again (the best time of the year) when our TVs are filled with horror films and series. Netflix is scaring up some seriously frightening flicks and shows this October with Netflix and Chills! We’ve got the schedule and the low down on Netflix films coming out in time for Halloween. Netflix is releasing several films including Stephen King and Joe Hill’sIn the Tall Grass, Fractured, Eli, and Rattlesnake. In the Tall Grass, after hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. Fractured centers on a man who finds he can’t trust anyone when his wife and child disappear in a hospital during a visit to the ER. In the film titled Eli, “after checking into a clean house to treat his auto-immune disorder, Eli, 11, begins to believe

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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‘Rattlesnake’ Strikes Netflix This October

Snake bites are not only extremely painful but potentially fatal. In the aptly named film Rattlesnake, a single mother accepts the help of a mysterious woman after her daughter is bitten by a rattlesnake, she finds herself making an unthinkable deal to repay her debt. In the film, Katrina (Carmen Ejogo) is a single mother driving cross country to start a new life with her young daughter Clara (Apollina Pratt) when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. As Katrina changes the tire, Clara wanders off the desert road and is bitten by a venomous rattlesnake. Desperate to save her daughter’s life, Katrina accepts the help of a mysterious woman, but after she miraculously heals Clara, Katrina is asked to repay the good deed by killing a stranger in exchange for the life saved. Without time to lose, she must wrestle with the morality of who deserves to live and who should die, before her daughter’s life is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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From The Producers Of “Haunting Of Hill House” Comes ‘Eli’

After checking into a clean house to treat his auto-immune disorder, Eli, 11, begins to believe that the house is haunted. Unable to leave, the boy soon suspects that the house, and the doctor who runs it, are more sinister than they appear in ELI from director Ciarán Foy and the producers of “The Haunting of Hill House.” Written by David Chirchirillo, Ian Goldberg, and Richard Naing, the film is part of Netflix and Chills. ELI is the story of a young boy (Charlie Shotwell) plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world. After exhausting every option, his parents (Kelly Reilly and Max Martini) put their trust – and his life – in the hands of a doctor (Lili Taylor) whose experimental, cutting edge treatments at her clean house facility may hold Eli’s last hope. As Eli undergoes the tremendously intense process that could potentially cure him, he begins to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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‘Vampyr’ And ‘Call Of Cthulhu’ Coming To Nintendo Switch!

Focus Home Interactive is now making two of their games available for players to take with them on the go by porting them to the Nintendo Switch! Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game will arrive on Switch October 8th! Based on the role-playing board game by Chaosium will take players to the mysterious island of Dark Water as Edward Pierce, a private investigator sent to investigate the mysterious death of the island’s most prominent family. Your investigation does not run smoothly as otherworldly forces are at work and wreak havoc on your psyche. Coming in hot in time to build up the atmosphere for Halloween is Vampyr coming to Switch on October 29th! Set in rainy London during the Spanish Flu Epidemic, players take on the role of Doctor Jonathan Reid, a freshly turned vampire who now must traverse the streets of London at night fighting other vampires and creatures while uncovering the source of the vampire outbreak while

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Capt McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
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Alexandra Holzer Follows in Her Renowned Father’s Footsteps For Travel Channel’s “Holzer Files”

This October Travel Channel will debut a new 10-part series, “The Holzer Files“. Featuring Alexandra Holzer, daughter of original “Ghost Hunter” Dr. Hans Holzer, the series features a dedicated paranormal team will investigate terrifying true hauntings from the recently discovered case files of America’s first ghost hunter, Dr. Hans Holzer. Featuring Holzer’s daughter, Alexandra Holzer, a renowned author, journalist, and Paranormal Investigator in her own right, Travel Channel will exclusively reopen Dr. Holzer’s most captivating case files – digging into thousands of documents, letters, photographs and chilling audio and visual recordings. Regarding “The Holzer Files,” Alexandra Holzer says, “Over 50 years ago, my father, Dr. Hans Holzer, gave life to the global fascination with ‘the other side’ as America’s first paranormal investigator. Now, 10 years after his passing, I’ve reopened my father’s case files for the very first time! Together with the producers of this new series, we’ve pulled together a team of paranormal experts to take a second look

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
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Preview: Welcome Autumn With The ‘Moon Festival’ Box From BOKKSU

It’s September and even though the weather may say its still summer, our hearts are in fall. What’s not to love about autumn? Cooler nights, leafs changing colors, pumpkin/apple/maple flavored things, and the fact of knowing that Halloween is around the corner! Also, one thing many people like about fall is all the harvest festivals. As much as I love a traditional harvest festival, it gets kind of boring. Well, BOKKSU was awesome enough to send me a preview of their upcoming Moon Festival box! BOKKSU is a monthly subscription like a lot of those box sites, but this one sends you snacks directly from Japan! Each month the box is themed and for September, the theme is based on the traditional Japanese Moon viewing festival (also known as Tsukimi, Otsukimi, or Jugoya). This year the celebration is on September 13th to the 16th. The festival is to celebrate the arrival of the fall harvest moon and to welcome autumn.

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Capt McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
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Kyle Richards Joins Jamie Lee Curtis For ‘Halloween Kills’

Casting news for Halloween Kills continues to roll in. Last we reported, Anthony Michael Hall had joined to playing the returning character of Tommy Doyle, the little boy Laurie babysat in the original film. The most recent star to join the cast is “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” actress Kyle Richards, who is returning to play her original Halloween character, Lindsey Wallace who spent the night being babysat along with Tommy. Wallace is joining Jamie Lee Curtis who will be back as the iconic final girl Laurie Strode. Filmmaker and composer John Carpenter will be returning to create the score for both Halloween Kills and its planned sequel Halloween Ends, both announced last month. David Gordan Green will be returning to direct and co-write both films along with Danny McBride and Scott Teems. Halloween Kills will open in theaters on Friday, October 16th, 2020, followed by Halloween Ends on Friday, October 15th, 2021. Image by Getty

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2019
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Serial Killer Movie ‘Trick’ Arriving Just In Time For Halloween

This October RJLE Fils will release Trick just in time for Halloween. From My Bloody Valentine director, Patrick Lussier who co-wrote the film with Todd Framer (Drive Angry) comes this frightening film starring Omar Epps (“House”) When a small town is visited every Halloween by a masked madman, Detective Mike Denver (Epps) will stop at nothing to discover who he is and how to stop him. Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot”), Jamie Kennedy (Scream) and Tom Atkins (Escape From New York) also star. We’re excited to release TRICK just in time for Halloween,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “With thrilling plot twists and turns, TRICK will have audiences grasping the edge of their seats and will be the start of a terrifying new franchise.” Trick is a production of Durango Pictures and was produced by Ita Kennedy (“Ghost Hunters”) and Ellen Wander (Spinning Man). Ward and Jess De Leo from RLJE Films and negotiated the deal with Ellen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 16, 2019
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Four Creepy Character Posters Unleashed For ‘Haunt’

The brilliant duo behind A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, has just unleashed the character posters for their newest terrifying tale, Haunt, produced by Eli Roth (Hostel, The Green Inferno). The question is, does this mean there are four killers? Set on Halloween, the film follows a group of friends who enter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to prey on their darkest fears. The night quickly turns deadly as they realize that some monsters are real. Katie Stevens (Polaroid), Will Brittain (Kong: Skull Island), Andrew Caldwell (“iZombie”, Shazi Raja (“The Code”), Schuyler Helford (The Middle), and Phillip Johnson Richardson(“Chicago P.D.) star. Explore the horrors of Haunt – in theaters and on VOD September 13, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 8, 2019

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From The Director Of “The Purge” Comes ‘Trick’, A Real Halloween Treat

Just in time for Halloween, RLJE is giving horror fans a real treat, TRICK. From the director of My Bloody Valentine 3D, The Eye, and USA’s “The Purge” comes a tale of a killer seemingly back from the dead and on a mission to kill. TRICK features Omar Epps (“House,” “This Is Us” Season 4), Ellen Adair (“Homeland”, “The Sinner”), Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot”, “Shades of Blue”), Jamie Kennedy (Scream franchise), and Tom Atkins (Escape From New York, Halloween III: Season of the Witch). Todd Farmer (My Bloody Valentine, Jason X) co-wrote the film along with Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry). On Halloween night in 2015, Patrick “Trick” Weaver massacred his classmates at a costume party. After being arrested, he managed to escape police custody, but not before being shot five times by Detective Mike Denver (Epps). Everyone believes Trick must be dead, but when a masked killer reappears the following Halloween, and every Halloween after that, they realize the nightmare is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2019
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Netflix And Chills Giving Horror Fans A Real Halloween Treat (Schedule)

It’s that time of year again (the best time of the year) when our TVs are filled with horror films and series. Netflix is scaring up some seriously frightening flicks and shows this October with Netflix and Chills! We’ve got the schedule and the low down on Netflix films coming out in time for Halloween. Netflix is releasing several films including Stephen King and Joe Hill’sIn the Tall Grass, Fractured, Eli, and Rattlesnake. In the Tall Grass, after hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. Fractured centers on a man who finds he can’t trust anyone when his wife and child disappear in a hospital during a visit to the ER. In the film titled Eli, “after checking into a clean house to treat his auto-immune disorder, Eli, 11, begins to believe

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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‘Rattlesnake’ Strikes Netflix This October

Snake bites are not only extremely painful but potentially fatal. In the aptly named film Rattlesnake, a single mother accepts the help of a mysterious woman after her daughter is bitten by a rattlesnake, she finds herself making an unthinkable deal to repay her debt. In the film, Katrina (Carmen Ejogo) is a single mother driving cross country to start a new life with her young daughter Clara (Apollina Pratt) when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. As Katrina changes the tire, Clara wanders off the desert road and is bitten by a venomous rattlesnake. Desperate to save her daughter’s life, Katrina accepts the help of a mysterious woman, but after she miraculously heals Clara, Katrina is asked to repay the good deed by killing a stranger in exchange for the life saved. Without time to lose, she must wrestle with the morality of who deserves to live and who should die, before her daughter’s life is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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From The Producers Of “Haunting Of Hill House” Comes ‘Eli’

After checking into a clean house to treat his auto-immune disorder, Eli, 11, begins to believe that the house is haunted. Unable to leave, the boy soon suspects that the house, and the doctor who runs it, are more sinister than they appear in ELI from director Ciarán Foy and the producers of “The Haunting of Hill House.” Written by David Chirchirillo, Ian Goldberg, and Richard Naing, the film is part of Netflix and Chills. ELI is the story of a young boy (Charlie Shotwell) plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world. After exhausting every option, his parents (Kelly Reilly and Max Martini) put their trust – and his life – in the hands of a doctor (Lili Taylor) whose experimental, cutting edge treatments at her clean house facility may hold Eli’s last hope. As Eli undergoes the tremendously intense process that could potentially cure him, he begins to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2019
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‘Vampyr’ And ‘Call Of Cthulhu’ Coming To Nintendo Switch!

Focus Home Interactive is now making two of their games available for players to take with them on the go by porting them to the Nintendo Switch! Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game will arrive on Switch October 8th! Based on the role-playing board game by Chaosium will take players to the mysterious island of Dark Water as Edward Pierce, a private investigator sent to investigate the mysterious death of the island’s most prominent family. Your investigation does not run smoothly as otherworldly forces are at work and wreak havoc on your psyche. Coming in hot in time to build up the atmosphere for Halloween is Vampyr coming to Switch on October 29th! Set in rainy London during the Spanish Flu Epidemic, players take on the role of Doctor Jonathan Reid, a freshly turned vampire who now must traverse the streets of London at night fighting other vampires and creatures while uncovering the source of the vampire outbreak while

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
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Alexandra Holzer Follows in Her Renowned Father’s Footsteps For Travel Channel’s “Holzer Files”

This October Travel Channel will debut a new 10-part series, “The Holzer Files“. Featuring Alexandra Holzer, daughter of original “Ghost Hunter” Dr. Hans Holzer, the series features a dedicated paranormal team will investigate terrifying true hauntings from the recently discovered case files of America’s first ghost hunter, Dr. Hans Holzer. Featuring Holzer’s daughter, Alexandra Holzer, a renowned author, journalist, and Paranormal Investigator in her own right, Travel Channel will exclusively reopen Dr. Holzer’s most captivating case files – digging into thousands of documents, letters, photographs and chilling audio and visual recordings. Regarding “The Holzer Files,” Alexandra Holzer says, “Over 50 years ago, my father, Dr. Hans Holzer, gave life to the global fascination with ‘the other side’ as America’s first paranormal investigator. Now, 10 years after his passing, I’ve reopened my father’s case files for the very first time! Together with the producers of this new series, we’ve pulled together a team of paranormal experts to take a second look

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
Horror Fuel

Preview: Welcome Autumn With The ‘Moon Festival’ Box From BOKKSU

It’s September and even though the weather may say its still summer, our hearts are in fall. What’s not to love about autumn? Cooler nights, leafs changing colors, pumpkin/apple/maple flavored things, and the fact of knowing that Halloween is around the corner! Also, one thing many people like about fall is all the harvest festivals. As much as I love a traditional harvest festival, it gets kind of boring. Well, BOKKSU was awesome enough to send me a preview of their upcoming Moon Festival box! BOKKSU is a monthly subscription like a lot of those box sites, but this one sends you snacks directly from Japan! Each month the box is themed and for September, the theme is based on the traditional Japanese Moon viewing festival (also known as Tsukimi, Otsukimi, or Jugoya). This year the celebration is on September 13th to the 16th. The festival is to celebrate the arrival of the fall harvest moon and to welcome autumn.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
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Kyle Richards Joins Jamie Lee Curtis For ‘Halloween Kills’

Casting news for Halloween Kills continues to roll in. Last we reported, Anthony Michael Hall had joined to playing the returning character of Tommy Doyle, the little boy Laurie babysat in the original film. The most recent star to join the cast is “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” actress Kyle Richards, who is returning to play her original Halloween character, Lindsey Wallace who spent the night being babysat along with Tommy. Wallace is joining Jamie Lee Curtis who will be back as the iconic final girl Laurie Strode. Filmmaker and composer John Carpenter will be returning to create the score for both Halloween Kills and its planned sequel Halloween Ends, both announced last month. David Gordan Green will be returning to direct and co-write both films along with Danny McBride and Scott Teems. Halloween Kills will open in theaters on Friday, October 16th, 2020, followed by Halloween Ends on Friday, October 15th, 2021. Image by Getty

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2019
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Serial Killer Movie ‘Trick’ Arriving Just In Time For Halloween

This October RJLE Fils will release Trick just in time for Halloween. From My Bloody Valentine director, Patrick Lussier who co-wrote the film with Todd Framer (Drive Angry) comes this frightening film starring Omar Epps (“House”) When a small town is visited every Halloween by a masked madman, Detective Mike Denver (Epps) will stop at nothing to discover who he is and how to stop him. Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot”), Jamie Kennedy (Scream) and Tom Atkins (Escape From New York) also star. We’re excited to release TRICK just in time for Halloween,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “With thrilling plot twists and turns, TRICK will have audiences grasping the edge of their seats and will be the start of a terrifying new franchise.” Trick is a production of Durango Pictures and was produced by Ita Kennedy (“Ghost Hunters”) and Ellen Wander (Spinning Man). Ward and Jess De Leo from RLJE Films and negotiated the deal with Ellen

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 16, 2019
Horror Fuel

Four Creepy Character Posters Unleashed For ‘Haunt’

The brilliant duo behind A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, has just unleashed the character posters for their newest terrifying tale, Haunt, produced by Eli Roth (Hostel, The Green Inferno). The question is, does this mean there are four killers? Set on Halloween, the film follows a group of friends who enter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to prey on their darkest fears. The night quickly turns deadly as they realize that some monsters are real. Katie Stevens (Polaroid), Will Brittain (Kong: Skull Island), Andrew Caldwell (“iZombie”, Shazi Raja (“The Code”), Schuyler Helford (The Middle), and Phillip Johnson Richardson(“Chicago P.D.) star. Explore the horrors of Haunt – in theaters and on VOD September 13, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 8, 2019
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