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Welcome To ‘Black Creek’ Where The Hunt Has Begun – On VOD This February

Welcome to Black Creek…hunting season has begun. From director James Crow (Curse of the Witching Tree) comes Black Creek, a film about that begins with a family saying goodbye and ends in a fight for survival against a supernatural force. In the film, after the untimely death of their father, Mike (Chris O’Flyng) and Heather (Brianna Shae) venture to his favorite spot in the world – a secluded cabin in the woods – to spread his ashes. Joined by friends and family, the siblings had hoped this journey into the wilderness would be a celebration of life… but their presence has awoken an ancient evil. Now, as the group is possessed one-by-one by a bloodthirsty demon, the survivors must gather their strength and band together if they hope to make it out of this cursed place alive. Leah Patrick, Michael Copon, Kaylee Williams, Robert Lowe, and Michael Hill also star. Black Creek arrives on VOD on nationwide on February 16,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2018
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Movie Review: The Devil’s Well is Well Worth Dipping Into!

The Devil’s Well concerns the misadventures of a husband and wife paranormal investigation team that arrive in a small town to investigate a hotspot called The Devil’s Well (‘natch). Well the wife of the duo, Karla, goes missing, and the chief suspect is of course her husband Bryan is suspecto numero uno (I’m a cunning linguist my fiends). Presented in documentary format (with a nice variety of interviews, camera footage, news reports etc.), we get to learn all the facts of the case including that the victim’s family was morally opposed to Karla’s work with the supernatural. Soon we learn that the well, located in a basement of all places, is a rumored portal to hell with a long and sordid past, and our heroes begin an investigation which leads to Karla’s disappearance. Flash forward a year, and a new party, including Bryan, return to the arcane abode to attempt to find ol’ Karla…and of course they find so much

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DanXIII
Dec 30, 2017
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Mutations Plague A Town In The New Trailer For ‘Strange Nature’

Extra legs, deformed bodies, there is horrible suffering in Strange Nature. James Ojala, who was part of the special effects team for films like Thor, Pacific Rim, and X-Men: The Last Stand, makes his writer-director feature debut with his practical effects film, Strange Nature and the just-released trailer looks fantastic. Stephen Tobolowsky (Californication) leads the cast that includes Carlos Alazraqui, John Hennigan, Lisa Sheridan, Tiffany Shepis, David Mattey, Jonah Beres, and Bruce Bohne. Based on a true unsolved ecological mystery, a struggling yet forceful single mother and her shy son start life over by moving in with her estranged hermit father in the backwoods of a small town as the local discovery of deadly offspring mutations threaten to spread from animals to humans. The film is a combination of thriller, drama, and horror with the aim of shedding light on the fact that environmental issues like pollution have gone ignored for far too long and the effects could be devastating

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2017
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A Beast Stalks A Couple In The ‘Carnivore: Werewolf Of London’ – Now On VOD

This January a werewolf stalks a couple in writer-director Simon Wells’ Carnivore: Werewolf of London starring Atlanta Johnson, Ben Loyd Holmes, Gregory Cox. “In an effort to save their relationship Dave takes Abi to a remote cottage but a fearsome beast is weighing up its prey, lurking in the shadows of the forest gaining confidence to attack. Will anyone survive and who is behind the killing?” Molly Ruskin, Ethan Ruskin, Mathew Bancroft, Adam Logan, Yana Penrose, Dani Thompson, Shaquille Taylor, Adrian Blake, and James Ayling co-star in this indie film set to be released on DVD soon. You can watch Carnivore: Werewolf of London now on VOD, Dish Network, In Demand, iTunes, Vudu, Direct TV, Xbox, Amazon, Google Play, and Digital. Be sure to follow the film on Facebook.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2017
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Horror Fuel’s Top 13 Indie Horror Films Of 2017

Indie films are leading the horror genre to new places, new ideas, and new terror, and for that we a grateful. We present to you our ‘Top 13 Indie Horror Films of 2017’. 13. Death House In Death House, two agents on a tour of an underground prison come face to face with some of the world’s most dangerous criminals during a riot. No other film in history features the number of horror icons that gather for Harrison Smith’s (interview) Death House. The cast list reads like a who’s who of horror and includes stars like Kane Hodder (Victor Crowley), Danny Trejo (Machete Kills), Tony Todd (Candyman), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Dee Wallace (Cujo), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Barbara Crampton (We Are Still Here),, Torsten Voges (31), Camille Keaton (I Spit on Your Grave), Sean Whalen (People Under the Stairs), Richard Speight Jr. (Supernatural), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 28, 2017
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Movie Review: Desolation Will Make Sure Your Terror Is Televised!

Desolation begins with a woman dousing herself in alcohol and lighting herself ablaze in front of a rolling camera…talk about your all over hot foot, eh fiends?!! We then switch gears to focus on sad sack hotel worker Katie (Dominik García-Lorido) who soon begins hanging out with movie star Jay ( Brock Kelly) who’s in town to film some sort of movie or some such shit. Anyway, he’s unhappy being a star, she’s unhappy just being Katie, and the two funsters become chummy (a.k.a. they take the express train to Bone Town). Long story short; Jay brings Katie to Hell A. where she begins trading her memories for fortune and fame, and finds herself just a step away from the edge of a fall…you could say caught between heaven and hell even (where’s the girl I knew 15 minutes ago?). Before long, Katie begins seeing ghostly visions within the confines of Jay’s nearly deserted (and creepy A.F.) apartment building, and

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DanXIII
Dec 27, 2017
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Movie Review: House of Salem is a Demonic Dwelling Worth Visiting!

A young dude is put to bed by his smoke show of a babysitter and proceeds to have a series of nightmarish visions that resemble The Wicker Man if it was directed by Clive Barker…most likely because he ditches his meds before takin’ the one way express to nighty-night junction…or so it seems. Then some punks dressed as clowns kidnap the lad (who’s name is Josh), and so House of Salem begins proper. While the story begins with what seems like a simple kidnapping, things soon are revealed to be so much more, as our gang of big top hoodlums find they were duped into kidnapping young Josh by some sinister satanists who want to orchestrate a revoltin’ ritual involving that hoary ol’ chestnut; human sacrifice within the walls of the safe house (a home with a storied history of Satanic shenanigans). Before you know it, our hooligan heroes are up to their arses in hellish goings-on that they are

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DanXIII
Dec 24, 2017
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Movie Review: Sasq-watch is Worth Layin’ Your Eerie Eyeballs On!

Sasq-watch concerns the half-ass adventures of two brothers; Nigel and Oscar (played by Paul Brittain and Adam Herschman respectively), who have made it their mission in life to collect a huge bounty offered by the family of a deceased Bigfoot hunter before the reward is discontinued. After missing their scheduled guided tour, they hook up with a new guide named Sampson (Neil Flynn as your typical backwoods dude with little patience for idiots…which is unfortunate because he is swimming in them), and Jamie (Christine Bently), the sister of their dead LARPing frenemy who’s forced to go on the trip by her father for reasons. Oh, and don’t forget Claus (Tim Meadows), a rival Bigfoot hunter with a past with the brothers. Sasq-watch has a real charm about it (a phrase I may have never written in any review before…), and while it isn’t always completely over-the-top side splittingly high-larious (though admittedly it often is), it really aims to please, and

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DanXIII
Dec 23, 2017
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Movie Review: Skybound Should Remain Permanently Grounded

If you don’t have the time to read my review of Skybound, let me some it up for you in one sentence: “I have had it with these mother f**kin’ pretty people on this shitty CG mother f**kin’ plane!” There, use that as your pull quote; I dare you! Anyway, what is Skybound all about? Well, rich s.o.b. Matt takes his gal Lisa, along with the improbably named Odin (expect some real knee-slappery with this dolt) on his private jet to travel across country to take in a Vin Diesel movie (the words are starting to escape me). As the group treks on they have a few unexpected guests; Matt’s brother Kyle and a weird stowaway. Anyway, a bizarre phenomena on the ground results in the plane having to stay airborne…but the colliding planes make the sky just as dangerous. What will become of our heroes? What is the secret of the stowaway? How far into the eighty minute (including

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DanXIII
Dec 22, 2017
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Movie Review: Chicago Rot will Infect Your Brain!

After being wrongfully locked up for years, a bad ass (giant bullet holes in his chest don’t even slow him down) with a violent streak a mile long named The Ghoul is a free man once more. No one is particularly thrilled about this fact, and soon G-man finds himself B.D. in a mad search for the ones that F’d up his life six ways to Sunday. What follows is a Grand Guignol bacchanal of bloodsoaked revenge as The Ghoul descends deep into the underworld of Chicago…which seems rather cut and dried until strange beings begin speaking to our hero from within a mirror. Oh, and The Ghoul apparently has lost his soul and he’s on a journey to get it back. Along his journey we experience a multitude of surreal dimensions which characters can traverse with ease (and each time their appearance changes drastically…for example dig; this is a film where a street thug can hop through a portal

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DanXIII
Dec 20, 2017

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Welcome To ‘Black Creek’ Where The Hunt Has Begun – On VOD This February

Welcome to Black Creek…hunting season has begun. From director James Crow (Curse of the Witching Tree) comes Black Creek, a film about that begins with a family saying goodbye and ends in a fight for survival against a supernatural force. In the film, after the untimely death of their father, Mike (Chris O’Flyng) and Heather (Brianna Shae) venture to his favorite spot in the world – a secluded cabin in the woods – to spread his ashes. Joined by friends and family, the siblings had hoped this journey into the wilderness would be a celebration of life… but their presence has awoken an ancient evil. Now, as the group is possessed one-by-one by a bloodthirsty demon, the survivors must gather their strength and band together if they hope to make it out of this cursed place alive. Leah Patrick, Michael Copon, Kaylee Williams, Robert Lowe, and Michael Hill also star. Black Creek arrives on VOD on nationwide on February 16,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2018
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Movie Review: The Devil’s Well is Well Worth Dipping Into!

The Devil’s Well concerns the misadventures of a husband and wife paranormal investigation team that arrive in a small town to investigate a hotspot called The Devil’s Well (‘natch). Well the wife of the duo, Karla, goes missing, and the chief suspect is of course her husband Bryan is suspecto numero uno (I’m a cunning linguist my fiends). Presented in documentary format (with a nice variety of interviews, camera footage, news reports etc.), we get to learn all the facts of the case including that the victim’s family was morally opposed to Karla’s work with the supernatural. Soon we learn that the well, located in a basement of all places, is a rumored portal to hell with a long and sordid past, and our heroes begin an investigation which leads to Karla’s disappearance. Flash forward a year, and a new party, including Bryan, return to the arcane abode to attempt to find ol’ Karla…and of course they find so much

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 30, 2017
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Mutations Plague A Town In The New Trailer For ‘Strange Nature’

Extra legs, deformed bodies, there is horrible suffering in Strange Nature. James Ojala, who was part of the special effects team for films like Thor, Pacific Rim, and X-Men: The Last Stand, makes his writer-director feature debut with his practical effects film, Strange Nature and the just-released trailer looks fantastic. Stephen Tobolowsky (Californication) leads the cast that includes Carlos Alazraqui, John Hennigan, Lisa Sheridan, Tiffany Shepis, David Mattey, Jonah Beres, and Bruce Bohne. Based on a true unsolved ecological mystery, a struggling yet forceful single mother and her shy son start life over by moving in with her estranged hermit father in the backwoods of a small town as the local discovery of deadly offspring mutations threaten to spread from animals to humans. The film is a combination of thriller, drama, and horror with the aim of shedding light on the fact that environmental issues like pollution have gone ignored for far too long and the effects could be devastating

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2017
Horror Fuel

A Beast Stalks A Couple In The ‘Carnivore: Werewolf Of London’ – Now On VOD

This January a werewolf stalks a couple in writer-director Simon Wells’ Carnivore: Werewolf of London starring Atlanta Johnson, Ben Loyd Holmes, Gregory Cox. “In an effort to save their relationship Dave takes Abi to a remote cottage but a fearsome beast is weighing up its prey, lurking in the shadows of the forest gaining confidence to attack. Will anyone survive and who is behind the killing?” Molly Ruskin, Ethan Ruskin, Mathew Bancroft, Adam Logan, Yana Penrose, Dani Thompson, Shaquille Taylor, Adrian Blake, and James Ayling co-star in this indie film set to be released on DVD soon. You can watch Carnivore: Werewolf of London now on VOD, Dish Network, In Demand, iTunes, Vudu, Direct TV, Xbox, Amazon, Google Play, and Digital. Be sure to follow the film on Facebook.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2017
Horror Fuel

Horror Fuel’s Top 13 Indie Horror Films Of 2017

Indie films are leading the horror genre to new places, new ideas, and new terror, and for that we a grateful. We present to you our ‘Top 13 Indie Horror Films of 2017’. 13. Death House In Death House, two agents on a tour of an underground prison come face to face with some of the world’s most dangerous criminals during a riot. No other film in history features the number of horror icons that gather for Harrison Smith’s (interview) Death House. The cast list reads like a who’s who of horror and includes stars like Kane Hodder (Victor Crowley), Danny Trejo (Machete Kills), Tony Todd (Candyman), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Dee Wallace (Cujo), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Barbara Crampton (We Are Still Here),, Torsten Voges (31), Camille Keaton (I Spit on Your Grave), Sean Whalen (People Under the Stairs), Richard Speight Jr. (Supernatural), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 28, 2017
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Movie Review: Desolation Will Make Sure Your Terror Is Televised!

Desolation begins with a woman dousing herself in alcohol and lighting herself ablaze in front of a rolling camera…talk about your all over hot foot, eh fiends?!! We then switch gears to focus on sad sack hotel worker Katie (Dominik García-Lorido) who soon begins hanging out with movie star Jay ( Brock Kelly) who’s in town to film some sort of movie or some such shit. Anyway, he’s unhappy being a star, she’s unhappy just being Katie, and the two funsters become chummy (a.k.a. they take the express train to Bone Town). Long story short; Jay brings Katie to Hell A. where she begins trading her memories for fortune and fame, and finds herself just a step away from the edge of a fall…you could say caught between heaven and hell even (where’s the girl I knew 15 minutes ago?). Before long, Katie begins seeing ghostly visions within the confines of Jay’s nearly deserted (and creepy A.F.) apartment building, and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 27, 2017
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: House of Salem is a Demonic Dwelling Worth Visiting!

A young dude is put to bed by his smoke show of a babysitter and proceeds to have a series of nightmarish visions that resemble The Wicker Man if it was directed by Clive Barker…most likely because he ditches his meds before takin’ the one way express to nighty-night junction…or so it seems. Then some punks dressed as clowns kidnap the lad (who’s name is Josh), and so House of Salem begins proper. While the story begins with what seems like a simple kidnapping, things soon are revealed to be so much more, as our gang of big top hoodlums find they were duped into kidnapping young Josh by some sinister satanists who want to orchestrate a revoltin’ ritual involving that hoary ol’ chestnut; human sacrifice within the walls of the safe house (a home with a storied history of Satanic shenanigans). Before you know it, our hooligan heroes are up to their arses in hellish goings-on that they are

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 24, 2017
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Sasq-watch is Worth Layin’ Your Eerie Eyeballs On!

Sasq-watch concerns the half-ass adventures of two brothers; Nigel and Oscar (played by Paul Brittain and Adam Herschman respectively), who have made it their mission in life to collect a huge bounty offered by the family of a deceased Bigfoot hunter before the reward is discontinued. After missing their scheduled guided tour, they hook up with a new guide named Sampson (Neil Flynn as your typical backwoods dude with little patience for idiots…which is unfortunate because he is swimming in them), and Jamie (Christine Bently), the sister of their dead LARPing frenemy who’s forced to go on the trip by her father for reasons. Oh, and don’t forget Claus (Tim Meadows), a rival Bigfoot hunter with a past with the brothers. Sasq-watch has a real charm about it (a phrase I may have never written in any review before…), and while it isn’t always completely over-the-top side splittingly high-larious (though admittedly it often is), it really aims to please, and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 23, 2017
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Movie Review: Skybound Should Remain Permanently Grounded

If you don’t have the time to read my review of Skybound, let me some it up for you in one sentence: “I have had it with these mother f**kin’ pretty people on this shitty CG mother f**kin’ plane!” There, use that as your pull quote; I dare you! Anyway, what is Skybound all about? Well, rich s.o.b. Matt takes his gal Lisa, along with the improbably named Odin (expect some real knee-slappery with this dolt) on his private jet to travel across country to take in a Vin Diesel movie (the words are starting to escape me). As the group treks on they have a few unexpected guests; Matt’s brother Kyle and a weird stowaway. Anyway, a bizarre phenomena on the ground results in the plane having to stay airborne…but the colliding planes make the sky just as dangerous. What will become of our heroes? What is the secret of the stowaway? How far into the eighty minute (including

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 22, 2017
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Movie Review: Chicago Rot will Infect Your Brain!

After being wrongfully locked up for years, a bad ass (giant bullet holes in his chest don’t even slow him down) with a violent streak a mile long named The Ghoul is a free man once more. No one is particularly thrilled about this fact, and soon G-man finds himself B.D. in a mad search for the ones that F’d up his life six ways to Sunday. What follows is a Grand Guignol bacchanal of bloodsoaked revenge as The Ghoul descends deep into the underworld of Chicago…which seems rather cut and dried until strange beings begin speaking to our hero from within a mirror. Oh, and The Ghoul apparently has lost his soul and he’s on a journey to get it back. Along his journey we experience a multitude of surreal dimensions which characters can traverse with ease (and each time their appearance changes drastically…for example dig; this is a film where a street thug can hop through a portal

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 20, 2017
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