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Ethan Pettus' 'Primitive War' Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Ethan Pettus’ ‘Primitive War’ Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Movie Review: Barbarians Is A Fresh Take On Home Invasion Horror

Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’ Serves Up A New Trailer

IFC Midnight has just unleashed the trailer for the horror-thriller Barbarians, from writer-director Charles Dorfman, executive producer of Rabid, VFW, and Satanic Panic, who is making his feature directorial review. Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Tom Cullen (Weekend), and Inès Spiridonov (Seuls) star. “Set over twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), the property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but.” Barbarians will be unleashed in theaters and On Demand on April 1, 2022,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
"Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter" & "The Complete Saga" Conjure A March Release

“Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter” & “The Complete Saga” Conjure A March Release

Dazzler Media has now announced the release of the spellbinding series “Discovery of Witches: The Final Chapter” and “The Complete Saga” are both coming to Blu-ray, DVD & Download this March. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels, “A Discovery of Witches” is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans, including vampires, witches, and demons. The series centers on “brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) who is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly opens an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford’s Bodleian library, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery, and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode). Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures’ decline, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands – and their deepening relationship

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Movie Review: The Northman Is An Epic Tale Of Love And Revenge

Alexander Skarsgård Looks Ready For A Fight In New Images From ‘The Northman’

Focus Features has released several new photos via IGN from Robert Eggers‘ highly-anticipated film The Northman, including a new look at Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth. Eggers, who also directed the award-winning films The Witch and The Lighthouse, co-wrote the film with Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón. Skarsgård stars as Viking prince Amleth, who watches his father (Ethan Hawke) die after being betrayed by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang) who then takes Amleth’s mother (Nicole Kidman) prisoner. Amleth has spent his whole life repeating the mantra, “I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Nicole Kidman, and Willem Defoe (The Lighthouse) also star in this brutal epic tale. Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, and New Regency produce along with Focus Features. The Northman will arrive in theaters on April 8, 2022, from Universal Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Game Review: 'Martha Is Dead'

Game Review: ‘Martha Is Dead’

Wired Productions and LKA are back after the success of The Town of Light to bring players face to face with horrors of loss and war with their new dark psychological thriller Martha is Dead. The game recently made headlines as the game will be heavily modified for PlayStation due to some of the game’s content that’s been deemed too disturbing, luckily for you gorehounds, the copy I was sent is unaffected by the modifications! I want to thank Wired and LKA for the reviewing opportunity! Martha is Dead takes place in Italy in 1944 where players take on the role of Giulia, a young woman obsessed with a local legend surrounding the lake near her family’s vineyard. While trying to set up a camera to capture the ghost of a lady in white, Giulia finds her identical twin sister Martha in the lake dead and after recovering her body and through confusion, she assumes the identity of her now-dead

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 24, 2022
Hulu's Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Begins Production

Hulu’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Begins Production

There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Own 'The Cabin In The Woods' On Steelbook This April!

Own ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ On Steelbook This April!

Every horror fan knows of the hit 2012 movie The Cabin in the Woods, by writer-director Drew Goddard, which is one of the best genre films released in recent decades. This April, the movie is getting a Steelbook® release for the first time! In The Cabin in the Woods, “A rambunctious group of five college friends steals away for a weekend of debauchery in an isolated country cabin, only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures in a night of endless terror and bloodshed. Sound familiar? Just wait. As the teens begin to exhibit standard horror-movie behavior, a group of technicians in a control room are scrutinizing, and sometimes even controlling, every move the terrified kids make! With their efforts continually thwarted by an all-powerful “eye in the sky,” do they have any chance of escape?” Produced and written alongside Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods stars Kristen Connolly (The Happening, The Bay, Revolutionary Road), Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
A Woman Hunts The Monster That Nearly Killed Her In 'Take Back The Night' (Trailer)

Emma Fitzpatrick Hunts Down A Monster In ‘Take Back The Night’ (Trailer)

A woman hunts the monster that nearly took her life in the critically acclaimed, award-winning, pulse-pounding horror film Take Back the Night. “Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane’s efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface causing her family, community, and authorities to question the authenticity of her account. Suddenly alone in her fight, Jane starts to doubt her own memory of the attack…to doubt if Monster exists at all.” Directed by Gia Elliot, who co-wrote the film with Emma Fitzpatrick, Take Back the Night stars Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network, In Time), Angela Gulner (“Glow”), Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies,” “Billions”), and Sibongile Mlambo (“Teen Wolf,” “Lovecraft Country”). Emma Fitzpatrick, Kwanza Gooden, David Elliot, and Gia Elliot produce. Take Back the Night opens in select theaters and arrives on Digital on March 4,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'The Long Night' Coming To Blu-ray This April

A Dangerous Cult Stalks A Couple In ‘The Long Night’ Trailer

While searching for the parents she never knew, a young woman returns to her childhood stomping grounds with her boyfriend to investigate her family’s whereabouts in the terrifying horror-thriller The Long Night, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD this April. The sophomore feature film from acclaimed music video director and composer Rich Ragsdale stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween I & II), Nolan Gerard Funk (“The Flight Attendant”), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game), and Jeff Fahey (“Lost,” Machete). “While searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts. Upon arrival, the couple’s weekend takes a bizarre, terrifying turn as a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader terrorize the pair in order to fulfill a twisted ancient apocalyptic prophecy.” Bonus materials include three behind-the-scenes featurettes, “The Birthing,” “The Look” and “The Score;” plus Director’s Commentary and Director Rich

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Greece’s Horrorant Film Festival Returns to the Big Screen This May

New ‘Offseason’ Trailer Reveals A Dark Mystery And A Woman’s Fight For Survival

This March, a woman’s mission to uncover a mystery leads to a fight for survival in writer-director Mickey Keating‘s (Psychopaths) horror-thriller Offseason. In Offseason, “upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past to make it out alive.” Jocelin Donahue (Doctor Sleep) leads the cast that also includes Joe Swanberg (The Rental, “Easy”), Richard Brake (3 From Hell, Mandy), Melora Walters (The Pale Door, “Pen15”), and Jeremy Gardner (After Midnight, The Mind’s Eye) RLJE Films and Shudder  will release Offseason, whose trailer has just premiered on IGN, in theaters,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022

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Ethan Pettus' 'Primitive War' Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Ethan Pettus’ ‘Primitive War’ Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Movie Review: Barbarians Is A Fresh Take On Home Invasion Horror

Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’ Serves Up A New Trailer

IFC Midnight has just unleashed the trailer for the horror-thriller Barbarians, from writer-director Charles Dorfman, executive producer of Rabid, VFW, and Satanic Panic, who is making his feature directorial review. Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Tom Cullen (Weekend), and Inès Spiridonov (Seuls) star. “Set over twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), the property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but.” Barbarians will be unleashed in theaters and On Demand on April 1, 2022,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
"Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter" & "The Complete Saga" Conjure A March Release

“Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter” & “The Complete Saga” Conjure A March Release

Dazzler Media has now announced the release of the spellbinding series “Discovery of Witches: The Final Chapter” and “The Complete Saga” are both coming to Blu-ray, DVD & Download this March. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels, “A Discovery of Witches” is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans, including vampires, witches, and demons. The series centers on “brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) who is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly opens an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford’s Bodleian library, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery, and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode). Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures’ decline, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands – and their deepening relationship

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Movie Review: The Northman Is An Epic Tale Of Love And Revenge

Alexander Skarsgård Looks Ready For A Fight In New Images From ‘The Northman’

Focus Features has released several new photos via IGN from Robert Eggers‘ highly-anticipated film The Northman, including a new look at Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth. Eggers, who also directed the award-winning films The Witch and The Lighthouse, co-wrote the film with Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón. Skarsgård stars as Viking prince Amleth, who watches his father (Ethan Hawke) die after being betrayed by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang) who then takes Amleth’s mother (Nicole Kidman) prisoner. Amleth has spent his whole life repeating the mantra, “I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Nicole Kidman, and Willem Defoe (The Lighthouse) also star in this brutal epic tale. Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, and New Regency produce along with Focus Features. The Northman will arrive in theaters on April 8, 2022, from Universal Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Game Review: 'Martha Is Dead'

Game Review: ‘Martha Is Dead’

Wired Productions and LKA are back after the success of The Town of Light to bring players face to face with horrors of loss and war with their new dark psychological thriller Martha is Dead. The game recently made headlines as the game will be heavily modified for PlayStation due to some of the game’s content that’s been deemed too disturbing, luckily for you gorehounds, the copy I was sent is unaffected by the modifications! I want to thank Wired and LKA for the reviewing opportunity! Martha is Dead takes place in Italy in 1944 where players take on the role of Giulia, a young woman obsessed with a local legend surrounding the lake near her family’s vineyard. While trying to set up a camera to capture the ghost of a lady in white, Giulia finds her identical twin sister Martha in the lake dead and after recovering her body and through confusion, she assumes the identity of her now-dead

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 24, 2022
Hulu's Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Begins Production

Hulu’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Begins Production

There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Own 'The Cabin In The Woods' On Steelbook This April!

Own ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ On Steelbook This April!

Every horror fan knows of the hit 2012 movie The Cabin in the Woods, by writer-director Drew Goddard, which is one of the best genre films released in recent decades. This April, the movie is getting a Steelbook® release for the first time! In The Cabin in the Woods, “A rambunctious group of five college friends steals away for a weekend of debauchery in an isolated country cabin, only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures in a night of endless terror and bloodshed. Sound familiar? Just wait. As the teens begin to exhibit standard horror-movie behavior, a group of technicians in a control room are scrutinizing, and sometimes even controlling, every move the terrified kids make! With their efforts continually thwarted by an all-powerful “eye in the sky,” do they have any chance of escape?” Produced and written alongside Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods stars Kristen Connolly (The Happening, The Bay, Revolutionary Road), Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
A Woman Hunts The Monster That Nearly Killed Her In 'Take Back The Night' (Trailer)

Emma Fitzpatrick Hunts Down A Monster In ‘Take Back The Night’ (Trailer)

A woman hunts the monster that nearly took her life in the critically acclaimed, award-winning, pulse-pounding horror film Take Back the Night. “Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane’s efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface causing her family, community, and authorities to question the authenticity of her account. Suddenly alone in her fight, Jane starts to doubt her own memory of the attack…to doubt if Monster exists at all.” Directed by Gia Elliot, who co-wrote the film with Emma Fitzpatrick, Take Back the Night stars Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network, In Time), Angela Gulner (“Glow”), Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies,” “Billions”), and Sibongile Mlambo (“Teen Wolf,” “Lovecraft Country”). Emma Fitzpatrick, Kwanza Gooden, David Elliot, and Gia Elliot produce. Take Back the Night opens in select theaters and arrives on Digital on March 4,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'The Long Night' Coming To Blu-ray This April

A Dangerous Cult Stalks A Couple In ‘The Long Night’ Trailer

While searching for the parents she never knew, a young woman returns to her childhood stomping grounds with her boyfriend to investigate her family’s whereabouts in the terrifying horror-thriller The Long Night, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD this April. The sophomore feature film from acclaimed music video director and composer Rich Ragsdale stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween I & II), Nolan Gerard Funk (“The Flight Attendant”), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game), and Jeff Fahey (“Lost,” Machete). “While searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts. Upon arrival, the couple’s weekend takes a bizarre, terrifying turn as a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader terrorize the pair in order to fulfill a twisted ancient apocalyptic prophecy.” Bonus materials include three behind-the-scenes featurettes, “The Birthing,” “The Look” and “The Score;” plus Director’s Commentary and Director Rich

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Greece’s Horrorant Film Festival Returns to the Big Screen This May

New ‘Offseason’ Trailer Reveals A Dark Mystery And A Woman’s Fight For Survival

This March, a woman’s mission to uncover a mystery leads to a fight for survival in writer-director Mickey Keating‘s (Psychopaths) horror-thriller Offseason. In Offseason, “upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past to make it out alive.” Jocelin Donahue (Doctor Sleep) leads the cast that also includes Joe Swanberg (The Rental, “Easy”), Richard Brake (3 From Hell, Mandy), Melora Walters (The Pale Door, “Pen15”), and Jeremy Gardner (After Midnight, The Mind’s Eye) RLJE Films and Shudder  will release Offseason, whose trailer has just premiered on IGN, in theaters,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
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