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The New Trailer For ‘The Nest’ Will Leave You With Entomophobia

From director James Suttles (The Evil Inside Her) comes the entomophobia-inducing film The Nest (aka The Bewailing), starring scream queen Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling). “When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg’s separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it’s clear there’s something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.” Written by Jennifer Trudrung, The Nest also stars Sarah Navratil, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Drez Ryan, Blaque Fowler, Anna Lynn Holleman, Penny Munroe, Maple Suttles, and Piper Suttles. Check out the new trailer for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2021
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Scout Taylor-Compton And Kane Hodder Check Into ‘Room 9’ This July

Lionsgate’s Room 9, starring Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, The Evil Within), and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Parts 7-10) is headed your way this July. “Long ago, Room 9 of the Johnson/Bedford Inn, located in a remote small town, was the site of a gruesome double murder. Decades later, with the town terrorized once again by a string of bloody ritual killings, a mysterious woman named Star arrives to investigate and suffers bizarre flashbacks related to the inn’s slayings. Is she connected to the killings…or the inn’s next victim?” The film was both written and directed by Thomas Walton and also stars Brian Anthony Wilson, Tony Devon, Michael Emery, and David Raine. Walton produces alongside Jared Safier, Phillip B. Goldfine, and Navid Sanati, withNick Peetros serving as associate producer and Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Mary Jane Bulseco, and Thomas Walton executive producing. Room 9 is out on DVD and Digital

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2021
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To Celebrate Its Release, We’ve Got A New Exclusive ‘Road Head’ Clip

Director David Del Rio‘s bloody horror-comedy Road Head is out today and to celebrate we’ve got a new clip that teases that victims can’t get a “head” in this film as they fight for survival. In the film, written by Chloe Skye, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head is out today (6/4) on Digital platforms, from Terror Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2021
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Animated Horror Comedy ‘Resurrection Corporation’ Comes To Amazon

Italian filmmaker, Alberto Genovese, who brought you Troma’s Sick Sock Monsters from Outer space, is back with new tale of horror, the indie animated film Resurrection Corporation. Inspired by Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Resurrection Corporation follows the paradoxical adventures of a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection, to which no citizen can resist. The uselessness of the now obsolete coffins drives the funeral director to an economic and existential crisis. Man, now too old, is not able to adapt to the changing times nor is he able to confront a society so distinctly tanatophobic. His own stubbornness will drive the protagonist to expose an irrational system that, in the repudiation of the word ‘end’, reveals all his deception. This dark and morbid (in the best possible way) film about humanity’s fear of death is now out on Amazon Prime Video, from 1844

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Three Friends Run Into A Murderous Cult in The Horror-Comedy ‘Road Head’

This June, a trip takes a terrifying turn in the horror-comedy Road Head from director David Del Rio and writer Chloe Skye. In the film, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head arrives on Digital platforms on June 4, 2021, from Terror Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Sink Your Teeth Into The New ‘Howl’ Trailer

We’ve got the new trailer for Howl, writer-director Michele Martin‘s dark and twisted reimagining of the classic tale Little Red Riding Hood. In Howl, Dulcina is a young woman with a dark past who is confined to a sanitarium after trying to hurt herself. Against her doctors’ advice, Dulcina leaves to watch over her grandmother’s house, a remote cabin in the middle of a frightening forest. As she travels through the forest, her journey takes a twisted turn, and Dulcina loses her grasp as the lines between what is real and what is not are blurred. When a mysterious man shows up, the once timid and fearful Dulcina gains strength she’s never had before. Soon she embraces the animal that has lain dormant inside her and faces the choice of becoming a victim or wolf.” Michele Martin stars as “Dulcina,” with Kenny Johnson (“Bates Motel”, “Sons of Anarchy”) playing “Levy” and Scott Hamm (“Cobra Kai”) in the role of “Ulf.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Stylist (2020)

Hair stylin’ Claire (played to lunatic perfection by Najarra Townsend) is a bit… off. See, ol’ Claire has a penchant for removing the scalps of her clients and putting them on her own noggin to… live vicariously through them? Look, shes unglued, it doesn’t have to make sense… The Stylist, the debut feature from writer/director Jill Gervargizian is nothing if not, well.. stylish. Every frame of this picture is so well realized and put together that the images become works of art (and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the impressive sets utilized here as well)… this is low-budget filmmaking that looks anything but, and was put together by a true artist. Thankfully this film has more going on besides lookin’ damn good (though Satan knows that’s usually enough for yours cruelly… )! A big boon to this production is the acting chops of Townsend who makes Claire a deft blend of pathos, madness, and sexual ambiguity, that results

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DanXIII
May 31, 2021
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DVD Review: Face of the Devil (2014)

A those few precious days before college… not quite an adult, definitely not a child… a time to experience things purely for perhaps the last time… a chance to gather up your pals and go traipsing into a jungle for a little R n’ R, and perhaps a chance to stare into the gaping maw of hell itself, you know, for the fun of it all… So yeah, a gang of friends head down the raging rapids and end up at a hotel located deep within that verdant landscape. Of course this leads to them encountering all manner of odd occurrences that reveal there are supernatural shenanigans afoot, but is it the hotel and jungle that are cursed, or do the simply bring out the darkness that already dwells within? Let’s get the biggest challenge some of you may face with Face of the Devil; while the runtime is brief (around eighty minutes), this is definitely an entry in slow-burn

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DanXIII
May 31, 2021
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‘Everybody Gets Stabbed’ This June

This June, Everybody Gets Stabbed, is a film about revenge, toxic masculinity, sexism, and a lot of drama. The film is directed by Levon J. Polinelli, who co-wrote the black comedy with Daniel Buckle and Nick Pages-Oliver who also star. In the film, “Clive likes Lauren. Lauren has no idea. Desmond is in love with Clive. Clive has no idea. Lauren and her boyfriend Tom love each other very much. Clive doesn’t like Tom, because Clive was the one who put in all the friend coins and wasn’t rewarded with a relationship. So, with Desmond’s help, Clive decides to start killing all of their friends and blame it on Tom, and then maybe Lauren will realize she really loves Clive. And maybe if they hang out together Clive will fall in love with Desmond. It’s not the greatest of plans. And they’re not the greatest of murderers. But they’re going to give it a red hot go because mediocre men

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 31, 2021
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A Woman Discovers She’s Not Alone In ‘House Monster’ (Trailer)

The new trailer for writer-director David Axe‘s indie horror House Monster is here and reveals a struggling actress who thinks she’s self-quarantining at home alone during the global pandemic but soon discovers she may not alone after all. While vlogging and casting footage of her quarantine experiences 24/7, the woman catches a glimpse of a mysterious and terrifying entity in her home. Mike Amason, Aaron Blomberg, Jennifer Hill, and Josh Kern star in House Monster, premiering on Digital and DVD September 7, 2021, from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2021

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The New Trailer For ‘The Nest’ Will Leave You With Entomophobia

From director James Suttles (The Evil Inside Her) comes the entomophobia-inducing film The Nest (aka The Bewailing), starring scream queen Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling). “When Meg and her mother Beth visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg’s separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her behavior. When Meg starts developing hoarding habits and seems infected by a parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it’s clear there’s something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined.” Written by Jennifer Trudrung, The Nest also stars Sarah Navratil, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Drez Ryan, Blaque Fowler, Anna Lynn Holleman, Penny Munroe, Maple Suttles, and Piper Suttles. Check out the new trailer for

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2021
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Scout Taylor-Compton And Kane Hodder Check Into ‘Room 9’ This July

Lionsgate’s Room 9, starring Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, The Evil Within), and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Parts 7-10) is headed your way this July. “Long ago, Room 9 of the Johnson/Bedford Inn, located in a remote small town, was the site of a gruesome double murder. Decades later, with the town terrorized once again by a string of bloody ritual killings, a mysterious woman named Star arrives to investigate and suffers bizarre flashbacks related to the inn’s slayings. Is she connected to the killings…or the inn’s next victim?” The film was both written and directed by Thomas Walton and also stars Brian Anthony Wilson, Tony Devon, Michael Emery, and David Raine. Walton produces alongside Jared Safier, Phillip B. Goldfine, and Navid Sanati, withNick Peetros serving as associate producer and Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Mary Jane Bulseco, and Thomas Walton executive producing. Room 9 is out on DVD and Digital

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2021
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To Celebrate Its Release, We’ve Got A New Exclusive ‘Road Head’ Clip

Director David Del Rio‘s bloody horror-comedy Road Head is out today and to celebrate we’ve got a new clip that teases that victims can’t get a “head” in this film as they fight for survival. In the film, written by Chloe Skye, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head is out today (6/4) on Digital platforms, from Terror Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2021
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Animated Horror Comedy ‘Resurrection Corporation’ Comes To Amazon

Italian filmmaker, Alberto Genovese, who brought you Troma’s Sick Sock Monsters from Outer space, is back with new tale of horror, the indie animated film Resurrection Corporation. Inspired by Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Resurrection Corporation follows the paradoxical adventures of a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection, to which no citizen can resist. The uselessness of the now obsolete coffins drives the funeral director to an economic and existential crisis. Man, now too old, is not able to adapt to the changing times nor is he able to confront a society so distinctly tanatophobic. His own stubbornness will drive the protagonist to expose an irrational system that, in the repudiation of the word ‘end’, reveals all his deception. This dark and morbid (in the best possible way) film about humanity’s fear of death is now out on Amazon Prime Video, from 1844

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Three Friends Run Into A Murderous Cult in The Horror-Comedy ‘Road Head’

This June, a trip takes a terrifying turn in the horror-comedy Road Head from director David Del Rio and writer Chloe Skye. In the film, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head arrives on Digital platforms on June 4, 2021, from Terror Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Sink Your Teeth Into The New ‘Howl’ Trailer

We’ve got the new trailer for Howl, writer-director Michele Martin‘s dark and twisted reimagining of the classic tale Little Red Riding Hood. In Howl, Dulcina is a young woman with a dark past who is confined to a sanitarium after trying to hurt herself. Against her doctors’ advice, Dulcina leaves to watch over her grandmother’s house, a remote cabin in the middle of a frightening forest. As she travels through the forest, her journey takes a twisted turn, and Dulcina loses her grasp as the lines between what is real and what is not are blurred. When a mysterious man shows up, the once timid and fearful Dulcina gains strength she’s never had before. Soon she embraces the animal that has lain dormant inside her and faces the choice of becoming a victim or wolf.” Michele Martin stars as “Dulcina,” with Kenny Johnson (“Bates Motel”, “Sons of Anarchy”) playing “Levy” and Scott Hamm (“Cobra Kai”) in the role of “Ulf.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Stylist (2020)

Hair stylin’ Claire (played to lunatic perfection by Najarra Townsend) is a bit… off. See, ol’ Claire has a penchant for removing the scalps of her clients and putting them on her own noggin to… live vicariously through them? Look, shes unglued, it doesn’t have to make sense… The Stylist, the debut feature from writer/director Jill Gervargizian is nothing if not, well.. stylish. Every frame of this picture is so well realized and put together that the images become works of art (and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the impressive sets utilized here as well)… this is low-budget filmmaking that looks anything but, and was put together by a true artist. Thankfully this film has more going on besides lookin’ damn good (though Satan knows that’s usually enough for yours cruelly… )! A big boon to this production is the acting chops of Townsend who makes Claire a deft blend of pathos, madness, and sexual ambiguity, that results

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 31, 2021
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DVD Review: Face of the Devil (2014)

A those few precious days before college… not quite an adult, definitely not a child… a time to experience things purely for perhaps the last time… a chance to gather up your pals and go traipsing into a jungle for a little R n’ R, and perhaps a chance to stare into the gaping maw of hell itself, you know, for the fun of it all… So yeah, a gang of friends head down the raging rapids and end up at a hotel located deep within that verdant landscape. Of course this leads to them encountering all manner of odd occurrences that reveal there are supernatural shenanigans afoot, but is it the hotel and jungle that are cursed, or do the simply bring out the darkness that already dwells within? Let’s get the biggest challenge some of you may face with Face of the Devil; while the runtime is brief (around eighty minutes), this is definitely an entry in slow-burn

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 31, 2021
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‘Everybody Gets Stabbed’ This June

This June, Everybody Gets Stabbed, is a film about revenge, toxic masculinity, sexism, and a lot of drama. The film is directed by Levon J. Polinelli, who co-wrote the black comedy with Daniel Buckle and Nick Pages-Oliver who also star. In the film, “Clive likes Lauren. Lauren has no idea. Desmond is in love with Clive. Clive has no idea. Lauren and her boyfriend Tom love each other very much. Clive doesn’t like Tom, because Clive was the one who put in all the friend coins and wasn’t rewarded with a relationship. So, with Desmond’s help, Clive decides to start killing all of their friends and blame it on Tom, and then maybe Lauren will realize she really loves Clive. And maybe if they hang out together Clive will fall in love with Desmond. It’s not the greatest of plans. And they’re not the greatest of murderers. But they’re going to give it a red hot go because mediocre men

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 31, 2021
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A Woman Discovers She’s Not Alone In ‘House Monster’ (Trailer)

The new trailer for writer-director David Axe‘s indie horror House Monster is here and reveals a struggling actress who thinks she’s self-quarantining at home alone during the global pandemic but soon discovers she may not alone after all. While vlogging and casting footage of her quarantine experiences 24/7, the woman catches a glimpse of a mysterious and terrifying entity in her home. Mike Amason, Aaron Blomberg, Jennifer Hill, and Josh Kern star in House Monster, premiering on Digital and DVD September 7, 2021, from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2021
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