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Director Elizabeth Banks’ (“The Boys”) new insane film, Cocaine Bear, is now in theaters, and the GBI agents involved with the real case have spoken out about the true events. The movie finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood. What you might not know about the movie is that a true story inspired it. The event took place in Kentucky in 1985. A botched drug smuggling attempt left many one-pound packages of cocaine scattered about the Chattahoochee National Forest. A bear consumed some of those packages. The bear, named “Pablo Escobear” (named after the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar), died as a result. “It’s kind of surprising to me that they’re going to make a movie about it,” former agent Paul Loggins said in a 2021 interview with the Herald-Leader
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The name on every true crime fans’ lips is Murdaugh. The Murdaugh murders are on every news outlet as Alex stands trial for gunning down his wife and youngest son, Paul. When it comes to the Murdaugh family, things go far beyond just the two deaths, there have been several deaths tied to the powerful Southern family, who have been a legal dynasty in the town of Islandton, South Carolina for nearly a century. People of the small sleepy town have said to several outlets that it’s known that if you cross the family, you just may go missing or have an “accident.” Now, with the family’s patriarch on trial, people and law officials are finally taking a second look at the deaths that are connected to the family, which includes a family friend killed in a boating accident with Paul driving and the brutal murder of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, a friend of the Murdaugh’s oldest son, who was found
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A few months ago, I sat down to talk with ex-death row inmate Rickey Jackson about his 39-year stint in prison for a crime he did not commit and the documentary Lovely Jackson, set to premiere this March at the Justice Film Festival, which chronicles his life and his fight for justice. Matt Waldek directed this elegant, emotionally charged documentary. He joined Rickey and me for the interview to discuss directing Lovely Jackson, his relationship with Rickey, and how Rickey was freed. And it’s an amazing story. Rickey was convicted of murder while just a teen and sentenced to death before his sentence was commuted to life in prison three years later. He spent the next 39 years fighting for his freedom. You see, Rickey was innocent, and the only thing that tied him to the crime was a lie told by a 12-year-old boy, who eventually recanted his statement. Rickey was convicted without evidence and even had a witness
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This March, director Michael Escalante takes viewers to a remote cabin in the horror film The Burial. In the film, Molly’s boyfriend gets a phone call from his estranged brother, and she thinks nothing of joining him on an impromptu family reunion at a remote cabin. However, she soon finds herself taking charge of a deadly situation when the trip’s true purpose is revealed, and good intentions lead to a conflict with pure evil. Faith Kearns, Vernon Taylor, Spencer Weitzel, and Aaron Pyle star in The Burial, which combines horror, drama, thrills, and black humor. Uncover The Burial from Terror Films, premiering on Digital on March 3, 2023.
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Two Sisters Italian short Two Sisters is a period piece horror with folk horror elements. Set in the late 15th century in the Lessini Mountains of Verona, writer/director Diego Carli’s film involves the titular siblings (Jenni Tatani and Marianna Caporalito in marvelous performances) being pursued by a group of men hunting for witches. The teen girls have good reason to hide, and they do so using magical powers. When they come under attack, a horrifically violent event occurs, and the two sisters find their close bond being challenged. Carli invests his short with incredible detail, from researching facts around that time period’s height of witch hunting to costumes and recreating authenticity of the sets and outdoor shots on display. Cinematographer Edoardo Olivieri beautifully captures the proceedings, with Luigi Maria Mennella’s score providing perfect musical accompaniment. The Mean Spirited Codirectors Jack Archer (who wrote the screenplay) and Joseph Archer deliver a very special work with their U.K. short The Mean Spirited.
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This March, bear witness to the brutal and bloody adult animated horror film Unicorn Wars, the latest genre-bending feature from Goya and Annecy Cristal-winning director Alberto Vásquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children). Its Carebears meets Apocalypse Now in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy which uses its outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the dark depths of the soul. In the film, “for ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will determine the fate of the entire war.” The technicolor horror-comedy was featured
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When assessing the horror genre, it’s fair to say that vampires have more than played their part in several classics over the years. From movie trailers to memorable scenes, these blood-sucking creatures have impacted the horror genre throughout the history of cinema. Vampires come in all shapes and sizes, too. Some vampires are sex symbols, while others are warriors. Ultimately, though, vampire movies provide some of the best entertainment in the horror genre. In fact, vampires are prominent in a range of other entertainment-based products, too, with people exploring titles like NetEnt’s popular Blood Suckers game today, a vampire-themed product that is a huge hit with casino players due to its high RTP. It’s in the movies where vampires are perhaps best showcased, though, with some truly memorable characters coming to the fore in a variety of much-loved vampire-themed classics. So, with that in mind, let’s take a look back at some of the greatest vampire movies ever made, some
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Regina Hall, who starred in the Scary Movie franchise, is returning to horror comedy with the upcoming movie Breitenbush, directed by Jim Strouse. Hall (Scary Movie, Master) will star and produce the film with her producing partner Tom Heller under their Rh Negative Entertainment banner, alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment. In Breitenbush, “After her husband vanishes on a camping trip in which everyone ingests a powerful hallucinogen and summons an angry prehistoric creature, aspiring district attorney Kate (Hall) and her friends must return to the site of the ill-fated trip to face the forces that lead to his disappearance.” “We’re thrilled to be announcing our latest Yale Entertainment project. Jim and Regina are at the top of the list of people who we’ve wanted to collaborate with, and this script is so unique and fun – we’re so excited to get this into production,” said Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman. Yale’s sales division, led
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Pitch Perfect and “True Blood” actress Anna Camp stars in the horror-thriller From Black, premiering this April exclusively on Shudder. Today, we have the first images from the intense film. In the film, “A young mother, crushed by guilt after the disappearance of her young son 5 years previously, is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth and set things right. But how far is she willing to go, and is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to hold her boy again?” The film is from award-winning director Thomas Marchese (Fallen) and also stars Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies”), John Ales (“Euphoria”), Travis Hammer (Godless), and “Ozark” actor Richie Montgomery. From Black will make its premiere exclusively on Shudder on April 28. 2023.
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Family Night Writer/director Alan Dunne serves up an absolutely harrowing experience in the Irish horror short Family Night. Eoin Quinn gives a riveting, unnerving performance as a father whose unpredictable behavior has his wife (Denise McCormack), teen daughter (Molly McLoughlin), and preteen son (Flynn Gray) walking on eggshells, fearing angry outbursts that could happen at any moment. Dunne builds the suspense expertly, leading things to a jaw-dropping climax. This one is a true chiller that viewers need to go into as cold as possible. It’s virtually impossible not to be shaken up by Family Night. You can watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/688022245 Sonar One of the most beautiful looking genre shorts I have seen in recent memory, director James Hughes’ U.K. film Sonar finds a young woman (Amy Marie Campbell) swimming in a pool at night when she hears a sonar sound. She submerges into the deep end of the swimming pool to investigate, and finds . . . well,
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Director Elizabeth Banks’ (“The Boys”) new insane film, Cocaine Bear, is now in theaters, and the GBI agents involved with the real case have spoken out about the true events. The movie finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood. What you might not know about the movie is that a true story inspired it. The event took place in Kentucky in 1985. A botched drug smuggling attempt left many one-pound packages of cocaine scattered about the Chattahoochee National Forest. A bear consumed some of those packages. The bear, named “Pablo Escobear” (named after the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar), died as a result. “It’s kind of surprising to me that they’re going to make a movie about it,” former agent Paul Loggins said in a 2021 interview with the Herald-Leader
Continue reading →
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The name on every true crime fans’ lips is Murdaugh. The Murdaugh murders are on every news outlet as Alex stands trial for gunning down his wife and youngest son, Paul. When it comes to the Murdaugh family, things go far beyond just the two deaths, there have been several deaths tied to the powerful Southern family, who have been a legal dynasty in the town of Islandton, South Carolina for nearly a century. People of the small sleepy town have said to several outlets that it’s known that if you cross the family, you just may go missing or have an “accident.” Now, with the family’s patriarch on trial, people and law officials are finally taking a second look at the deaths that are connected to the family, which includes a family friend killed in a boating accident with Paul driving and the brutal murder of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, a friend of the Murdaugh’s oldest son, who was found
Continue reading →
DocumentariesMoviesNewsTrailersTrue Crime
A few months ago, I sat down to talk with ex-death row inmate Rickey Jackson about his 39-year stint in prison for a crime he did not commit and the documentary Lovely Jackson, set to premiere this March at the Justice Film Festival, which chronicles his life and his fight for justice. Matt Waldek directed this elegant, emotionally charged documentary. He joined Rickey and me for the interview to discuss directing Lovely Jackson, his relationship with Rickey, and how Rickey was freed. And it’s an amazing story. Rickey was convicted of murder while just a teen and sentenced to death before his sentence was commuted to life in prison three years later. He spent the next 39 years fighting for his freedom. You see, Rickey was innocent, and the only thing that tied him to the crime was a lie told by a 12-year-old boy, who eventually recanted his statement. Rickey was convicted without evidence and even had a witness
Continue reading →
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This March, director Michael Escalante takes viewers to a remote cabin in the horror film The Burial. In the film, Molly’s boyfriend gets a phone call from his estranged brother, and she thinks nothing of joining him on an impromptu family reunion at a remote cabin. However, she soon finds herself taking charge of a deadly situation when the trip’s true purpose is revealed, and good intentions lead to a conflict with pure evil. Faith Kearns, Vernon Taylor, Spencer Weitzel, and Aaron Pyle star in The Burial, which combines horror, drama, thrills, and black humor. Uncover The Burial from Terror Films, premiering on Digital on March 3, 2023.
Continue reading →
Film FestivalsForeignMoviesReviewsShort Films
Two Sisters Italian short Two Sisters is a period piece horror with folk horror elements. Set in the late 15th century in the Lessini Mountains of Verona, writer/director Diego Carli’s film involves the titular siblings (Jenni Tatani and Marianna Caporalito in marvelous performances) being pursued by a group of men hunting for witches. The teen girls have good reason to hide, and they do so using magical powers. When they come under attack, a horrifically violent event occurs, and the two sisters find their close bond being challenged. Carli invests his short with incredible detail, from researching facts around that time period’s height of witch hunting to costumes and recreating authenticity of the sets and outdoor shots on display. Cinematographer Edoardo Olivieri beautifully captures the proceedings, with Luigi Maria Mennella’s score providing perfect musical accompaniment. The Mean Spirited Codirectors Jack Archer (who wrote the screenplay) and Joseph Archer deliver a very special work with their U.K. short The Mean Spirited.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
This March, bear witness to the brutal and bloody adult animated horror film Unicorn Wars, the latest genre-bending feature from Goya and Annecy Cristal-winning director Alberto Vásquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children). Its Carebears meets Apocalypse Now in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy which uses its outrageous candy-colored premise to explore religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the dark depths of the soul. In the film, “for ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will determine the fate of the entire war.” The technicolor horror-comedy was featured
Continue reading →
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When assessing the horror genre, it’s fair to say that vampires have more than played their part in several classics over the years. From movie trailers to memorable scenes, these blood-sucking creatures have impacted the horror genre throughout the history of cinema. Vampires come in all shapes and sizes, too. Some vampires are sex symbols, while others are warriors. Ultimately, though, vampire movies provide some of the best entertainment in the horror genre. In fact, vampires are prominent in a range of other entertainment-based products, too, with people exploring titles like NetEnt’s popular Blood Suckers game today, a vampire-themed product that is a huge hit with casino players due to its high RTP. It’s in the movies where vampires are perhaps best showcased, though, with some truly memorable characters coming to the fore in a variety of much-loved vampire-themed classics. So, with that in mind, let’s take a look back at some of the greatest vampire movies ever made, some
Continue reading →
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Regina Hall, who starred in the Scary Movie franchise, is returning to horror comedy with the upcoming movie Breitenbush, directed by Jim Strouse. Hall (Scary Movie, Master) will star and produce the film with her producing partner Tom Heller under their Rh Negative Entertainment banner, alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment. In Breitenbush, “After her husband vanishes on a camping trip in which everyone ingests a powerful hallucinogen and summons an angry prehistoric creature, aspiring district attorney Kate (Hall) and her friends must return to the site of the ill-fated trip to face the forces that lead to his disappearance.” “We’re thrilled to be announcing our latest Yale Entertainment project. Jim and Regina are at the top of the list of people who we’ve wanted to collaborate with, and this script is so unique and fun – we’re so excited to get this into production,” said Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman. Yale’s sales division, led
Continue reading →
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Pitch Perfect and “True Blood” actress Anna Camp stars in the horror-thriller From Black, premiering this April exclusively on Shudder. Today, we have the first images from the intense film. In the film, “A young mother, crushed by guilt after the disappearance of her young son 5 years previously, is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth and set things right. But how far is she willing to go, and is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to hold her boy again?” The film is from award-winning director Thomas Marchese (Fallen) and also stars Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies”), John Ales (“Euphoria”), Travis Hammer (Godless), and “Ozark” actor Richie Montgomery. From Black will make its premiere exclusively on Shudder on April 28. 2023.
Continue reading →
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Family Night Writer/director Alan Dunne serves up an absolutely harrowing experience in the Irish horror short Family Night. Eoin Quinn gives a riveting, unnerving performance as a father whose unpredictable behavior has his wife (Denise McCormack), teen daughter (Molly McLoughlin), and preteen son (Flynn Gray) walking on eggshells, fearing angry outbursts that could happen at any moment. Dunne builds the suspense expertly, leading things to a jaw-dropping climax. This one is a true chiller that viewers need to go into as cold as possible. It’s virtually impossible not to be shaken up by Family Night. You can watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/688022245 Sonar One of the most beautiful looking genre shorts I have seen in recent memory, director James Hughes’ U.K. film Sonar finds a young woman (Amy Marie Campbell) swimming in a pool at night when she hears a sonar sound. She submerges into the deep end of the swimming pool to investigate, and finds . . . well,
Continue reading →
