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An Obsession With Beauty Causes Chaos In The New Trailer For Dark Horror-Comedy ‘Sheryl’

Part dark comedy, part revenge thriller, the horror film Sheryl is set to open in theaters this December as part of the Dances With Films Film Festival from writer-director-producer Justin Best. Ahead of its debut, the trailer has arrived, teasing an action-filled film. Check it out below. In the film, “after she’s dumped by her verbally abusive serial killer boyfriend for not being “hot enough,” a beauty-obsessed woman goes on a blood-soaked quest to create the perfect face while navigating her new relationship with the cop investigating the murders.” Based on the Award Winning short film FACE ON, and comparable to Barbie meets American Psycho, the film stars Anthea Neri Best (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Tacoma FD”), Shaan Sharma (“The Chosen,” “9-1-1 Lone Star), Christopher Cendana (“Good Trouble,” “Lucifer”, “How To Get Away With Murder”), Jade Ramirez ( “Grand Hotel”), Chelsea Spirito (A Tight Ten, “The Metal Detective”), Joseph Ruud (“WWE Raw,” Ghost of the Ozarks), Elise Robertson (American

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 27, 2023

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Roger Corman’s ‘The Devil’s Partner’ Coming To Blu-ray With A Bonus Film

Vintage film restoration and distribution company Film Masters continues to pay tribute to the pope of pop cinema, Roger Corman, with the third installment of The Filmgroup series on Blu-ray and DVD, The Devil’s Partner, available this January. Corman and his brother, Gene, founded The Filmgroup to distribute their own films. While the company did produce the majority of its films, including the cult classic Creature From the Haunted Sea, it also occasionally acquired projects by other filmmakers, as is the case with The Devil’s Partner (1961). From director Charles R. Rondeau, the film is a macabre tale of an elderly man who regains his youth after making a deal with the devil. During the summer and fall of 1961, the two films were often paired as a double feature. Half Man, half Beast, He Sold his Soul for Passion director and actor Edgar Buchanan (best known as Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction) appears in this supernatural thriller about an

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 26, 2023

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Celebrate The 10th Anniversary Of ‘Deadly Revisions’ With New Director’s Cut

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Deadly Revisions, a brand new, ultimate cut of Gregory Blair’s award-winning psychological thriller is now available to rent on Amazon and Google Play, with more streaming options to be announced soon. Forthcoming collector edition DVDs and Blu-rays will feature bonus material, including interviews with Blair and the key cast and never-before-released behind-the-scenes media. In the film, Emmy Award-winning horror film favorite Bill Oberst, Jr. plays Grafton Torn—an amnesiac horror film writer for whom hypnotherapy and nightmares reveal terrifying images that can’t be real. Or can they? A valentine to the horror genre, the film provides familiar tropes and loving winks to masters such as DePalma, Raimi, and Hitchcock. As Grafton examines his past, the film explores the art of the horror film itself and its value as a safe place to confront fears while dealing with demonic dolls, hooded figures, and other things that go bump in the night. Deadly Revisions earned fistfuls of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 24, 2023

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Movie Review: Bloodthirst (2023) – Lionsgate DVD

In the remains of post-apocalyptic Earth, the small pocket of human’s that remain eke out a humble existence… but their lives are subject to static of the fang-bang variety as groups of viscous vamps feed off them with wickedly wild abandon. Enter: John Shepard (Costas Mandylor, the Saw franchise, and that rad live-action Fist of the North Star adaptation from the mid-’90s… which desperately needs a special edition release… but that’s another story), a crossbow wielding bad-ass with a bit of a secret who strides this Neo-Wild West with leather-clad purpose… namely the desire to pull a stake n’ bake on the Vampire Master (screen heavy par excellence Robert LaSardo) along with his paranormal paramour, the Vampire Queen (American Pie’s Tara Reid). Slowly John acquires a rag-tag group of companions to aid him on his quest… but will their combined might and Shepard’s grim determination be enough to eliminate those demonic vein-drainers and bring piece to a shattered planet?! There’s

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Nov 21, 2023

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Movie Review: Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) – Film Masters Blu-ray

Beast From Haunted Cave begins the only way it could; with skiing, day-drinking, and an opening credit shout-out to South Dakota as we are introduced to smarmy criminal Alexander Ward (Frank Wolff) and his gang, who’s ranks include his boozy-floozy gal pal Gypsy Boulet (played to rum-soaked horny… yet tragic and sympathetic perfection by Sheila Carol), who plan on robbing a nearby bank vault containing some gold bars. In order to get that goal accomplished, our villains pose as cross-country skiers and hatch a plan to set off an explosion in a nearby gold mine to create a diversion for their heist. Of course this being a creature feature, the setting of said explosive unleashes a pissed off long-legged spider thing which pursues them to their hiding spot… namely the remote cabin of ski guide Gil (prolific anime voice over artist Michael Forest) who becomes both an unwitting pawn in the evildoer’s plan, and horny for Gypsy… a lot of

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DanXIII

Nov 19, 2023

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Bullies Beware: ‘Abigail’ Is Coming This December (Trailer)

Bullies beware! This December, Ava Cantrall (Lights Out) stars in the horror film Abigail, an intriguing tale of a young woman with a dark past and lethal intentions whose bad side you will want to avoid at all costs. Set in 1976 Alabama, the film sees Abigail and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start. A precocious teen, Abigail befriends the lonely boy next door and soon stands up to his bullies. As she takes him under her wing, the secrets of her past begin to surface as she begins a reign of brutality and twisted justice. Tren Reed-Brown, Hermione Lynch, Gene Farber, and Karimah Westbrook star alongside Ava Cantrall in this twisted tale from director Melissa Vitello. Get your copy of Abigail, premiering on VOD and DVD on December 5, 2023, from Dark Star Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 18, 2023

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A Fight For Survival Unfolds In New Trailer For ‘The Caller’

The suspense-filled indie horror film The Caller is headed your way this December. The new trailer has arrived, teasing a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. In The Caller, while house-sitting in a secluded rural lodge and working from home, Customer Service agent Izzy gets terrorized by an upset psychopathic caller. The real nightmare begins when he decides verbal abuse isn’t enough. She soon finds herself in for the fight of her life. Directed by Richard Anthony Dunford, this intense film stars Sarah Alexandra Marks, Eric Roberts, Dani Thompson, Colin Baker, and Meghan Adara. Bring home The Caller on DVD or watch it on VOD on December 5, 2023, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 17, 2023

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Hidden Secrets Are Uncovered In The Trailer For South African Horror ‘Peacock’

A young woman raised in a strict institute discovers hidden horrors in the exotic South African gothic horror Peacock, coming to the US this December. Directed by Jaco Minnaar, who co-wrote the film with David Cornwell, the film, which is described as “erotic,” stars Tarryn Wyngaard, Johan Botha, Ruan Wessels, Alida Theron, Liza Van Deventer, Nicola Hanekom, and Andre Stolz. “After violating the strict moral standards of The Foundation, the puritanical institution for young women in which she was raised, Anna Pohl (Tarryn Wyngaard) is sent to care for one of its founding members. An Apartheid-era theologian living out his days in paranoia on his isolated farm, Sarel Cilliers (Johan Botha) suffers from frightening visions and demonic hallucinations. Haunted by her own feelings of guilt, Anna slowly gets pulled into Sarel’s terrifying world as she tries to unravel the mysteries behind this sinister place and its connection to the devastating secrets being hidden by The Foundation. An evocative and erotic

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 16, 2023

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Spoiler-Free Film Review: Wickedly Evil (2023)

Director Garry Walsh’s genre-bending Irish feature Wickedly Evil (AKA Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere, 2023) finds gangsters Frankie (Joseph McGucken), Dancer (James Farrelly), and Gaz (Darryl Carter) hiding out in rural Ireland after pulling off a heist. The robbery was not without its problems, though, as Gaz is bleeding out from a gunshot wound, he and Frankie have kidnapped Clare (Louise Bourke), the daughter of a local crime family, and a woman who lives next door to the hideout named Sadie (Cat L. Walsh) just might be on to the men. The worst of their problems is yet to come, though. Wickedly Evil is billed as a horror comedy and although there is plenty of tension on tap, viewers expecting horror throughout — like with the 2020 U.K. holed-up criminals vs. the supernatural feature The World We Knew, for example — will likely come away disappointed. Blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shots of something unusual going on in the background are peppered

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Joseph Perry

Nov 16, 2023

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Sink Your Teeth Into Full Moon’s ‘Bad CGI Gator’ Now

Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a cheesy movie filled with gratuitous sex, violence, and bloodshed. Full Moon, known for that, has just released the trailer for their new movie, aptly titled Bad CGI Gator. In the movie, six obnoxious college grads on Spring Break go to a cabin in the swamplands of Georgia. Once there, they decide to throw their school laptops in a backyard lake in an act of youthful defiance, which unknowingly turns a lurking alligator into the dreaded and insatiable… Bad CGI Gator! Filled with characters you want to see die, Bad CGI Gator is directed by Danny Draven (Weedjies: Halloweed Night) and written by Zalman Band. It stars Sarah Buchanan, Rebecca Stoughton, Maddie Lane, Michael Bonini, Ben VanderMey, Cooper Drippe, and Lee Fealy. Watch Bad CGI Gator now on Prime Video and FullMoonFeatures.com.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 14, 2023

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