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New Video And Images Gives Us Our First Look At Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021
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The Darkly Comedic, Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’ Coming To DVD

Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars as a fed-up writer in the darkly funny film The Columnist, Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, from director Ivo van Aart, “Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) is a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
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Heist Gone Wrong Horror ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time,’ Out On Demand This May

From Justin Price, the director of The Elf and The 13th Friday comes the action-packed horror film Wrong Place, Wrong Time. The film, described as “S.W.A.T. meets Resident Evil,” centers on, “An elite team of vigilantes who plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious family carrying an unsettling secret. They discover that the man of the house is a creature of the dark and they must fight to survive the night.” Franziska Schissler, Justin Price, Bianca Stein, Alex Ryan Brown, Chase Garland, Olivia Rivera, Mike Markoff, Timothy McKinney, Marcia Vargas, Karen Carreno, and Natalia Rangel star in Wrong Place, Wrong Time out On Demand on May 4, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
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Cults, Curses And A Road Trip: ‘Threshold’ Is Coming To Arrow

Arrow Video has announced the release of Powell Robinson and Patrick R. Young‘s acclaimed film Threshold for this May. The haunted road trip thriller made its world premiered at the Salem Horror Fest in October, followed by its European premiere at Soho Horror Film Festival in November. “When a phone call from out of the blue brings Leo (Joey Millin) back into contact with his sister, Virginia (Madison West), long estranged from her family due to years of drug abuse, he arrives to find her alone in a bare apartment in the midst of an apparent overdose. After the convulsions and nausea subside, Virginia insists to Leo that she has been clean for 8 months due to the help of a mysterious group. She confides to her cynical brother that her edginess and paranoia actually stem from a sinister ritual conducted by the group that took her in at her lowest and eventually revealed themselves to be a cult. This

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2021
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Two Women Must Find A Way To Trust Each Other To Survive In ‘Goodbye Honey’

Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite, and Digital HD release of the tension-ridden thriller Goodbye Honey, directed and co-written by Max Strand and co-writer and producer Todd Rawiszer. In the film, “Dawn, a truck driver, pulls into a state park to get some sleep when she is ambushed by Phoebe, a young woman who claims she is fleeing from an abductor. Dawn is wary of Phoebe’s story, leading to a struggle that leaves her phone broken, the keys missing, and nothing but darkness between them and help. As the night progresses, it becomes clear they are not alone. Bonding over a shared history of trauma, Dawn and Phoebe realize they must learn to trust each other if they want to survive a night full of unexpected twists and violent turns.” Pamela Jayne Morgan (Just Say Goodbye) and Juliette Alice Gobin (Look At Me), headline the cast that also includes Peyton Michelle Edwards (Weekenders), Paul C. Kelly (Driftwood), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 18, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Invisible Man Appears (1949)/The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly (1957)

New (as of 1949) from Daiei; the studio that made YOU believe a turtle can fly comes: The Invisible Man Appears, one of the earliest tokusatsu efforts that would go on to be a huge cornerstone of Japanese cinema and TV! Ol’ Doc Nakazato has invented himself a way to make living things invisible down Japan way. Well wouldn’t ya just know that a gaggle of no-good jewel thieves get wind of the discovery and put a kidnap on Nakazato lickety-split so they can use his science to make their pockets fatter with zero the risk normally associated with such deviltry. Soon a real Claude Rains 1933 type (read bandages and sunglasses) shows up in Kobe and goes on a crime spree, but of course once those bandages are off there’s no trace of the criminal responsible for the dirty deeds! The real question is, will John Q. Law (aided by Ryûko Mizuki; a stylish, highly androgynous nightclub performer played

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DanXIII
Apr 18, 2021
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‘Great White’ Is Swimming Your Way This Summer

RLJE Films has been busy. We just reported that this May they are releasing the horror-thriller Son. Now we can report that they will be unleashing the action-horror film, Great White this summer with a Shudder release to follow. Written by Michael Boughen (Dying Breed) and directed by Martin Wilson in his feature debut, Great White stars Katrina Bowden (Piranha 3DD, “30 Rock”), Aaron Jakubenko (“Tidelands”), Kimie Tsukakoshi (Riptide), Tim Kano (“Neighbours”), and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Love and Monsters, “The Dead Lands”). In Great White, a blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare when five seaplane passengers are stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival, the group tries to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking just beneath the surface. We’ve all been afraid to go back into the water since 1975 and GREAT WHITE is going to keep us out of the water for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 16, 2021

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New Video And Images Gives Us Our First Look At Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021
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The Darkly Comedic, Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’ Coming To DVD

Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars as a fed-up writer in the darkly funny film The Columnist, Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, from director Ivo van Aart, “Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) is a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
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Heist Gone Wrong Horror ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time,’ Out On Demand This May

From Justin Price, the director of The Elf and The 13th Friday comes the action-packed horror film Wrong Place, Wrong Time. The film, described as “S.W.A.T. meets Resident Evil,” centers on, “An elite team of vigilantes who plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious family carrying an unsettling secret. They discover that the man of the house is a creature of the dark and they must fight to survive the night.” Franziska Schissler, Justin Price, Bianca Stein, Alex Ryan Brown, Chase Garland, Olivia Rivera, Mike Markoff, Timothy McKinney, Marcia Vargas, Karen Carreno, and Natalia Rangel star in Wrong Place, Wrong Time out On Demand on May 4, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
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Cults, Curses And A Road Trip: ‘Threshold’ Is Coming To Arrow

Arrow Video has announced the release of Powell Robinson and Patrick R. Young‘s acclaimed film Threshold for this May. The haunted road trip thriller made its world premiered at the Salem Horror Fest in October, followed by its European premiere at Soho Horror Film Festival in November. “When a phone call from out of the blue brings Leo (Joey Millin) back into contact with his sister, Virginia (Madison West), long estranged from her family due to years of drug abuse, he arrives to find her alone in a bare apartment in the midst of an apparent overdose. After the convulsions and nausea subside, Virginia insists to Leo that she has been clean for 8 months due to the help of a mysterious group. She confides to her cynical brother that her edginess and paranoia actually stem from a sinister ritual conducted by the group that took her in at her lowest and eventually revealed themselves to be a cult. This

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2021
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Two Women Must Find A Way To Trust Each Other To Survive In ‘Goodbye Honey’

Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite, and Digital HD release of the tension-ridden thriller Goodbye Honey, directed and co-written by Max Strand and co-writer and producer Todd Rawiszer. In the film, “Dawn, a truck driver, pulls into a state park to get some sleep when she is ambushed by Phoebe, a young woman who claims she is fleeing from an abductor. Dawn is wary of Phoebe’s story, leading to a struggle that leaves her phone broken, the keys missing, and nothing but darkness between them and help. As the night progresses, it becomes clear they are not alone. Bonding over a shared history of trauma, Dawn and Phoebe realize they must learn to trust each other if they want to survive a night full of unexpected twists and violent turns.” Pamela Jayne Morgan (Just Say Goodbye) and Juliette Alice Gobin (Look At Me), headline the cast that also includes Peyton Michelle Edwards (Weekenders), Paul C. Kelly (Driftwood), and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 18, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Invisible Man Appears (1949)/The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly (1957)

New (as of 1949) from Daiei; the studio that made YOU believe a turtle can fly comes: The Invisible Man Appears, one of the earliest tokusatsu efforts that would go on to be a huge cornerstone of Japanese cinema and TV! Ol’ Doc Nakazato has invented himself a way to make living things invisible down Japan way. Well wouldn’t ya just know that a gaggle of no-good jewel thieves get wind of the discovery and put a kidnap on Nakazato lickety-split so they can use his science to make their pockets fatter with zero the risk normally associated with such deviltry. Soon a real Claude Rains 1933 type (read bandages and sunglasses) shows up in Kobe and goes on a crime spree, but of course once those bandages are off there’s no trace of the criminal responsible for the dirty deeds! The real question is, will John Q. Law (aided by Ryûko Mizuki; a stylish, highly androgynous nightclub performer played

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Apr 18, 2021
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‘Great White’ Is Swimming Your Way This Summer

RLJE Films has been busy. We just reported that this May they are releasing the horror-thriller Son. Now we can report that they will be unleashing the action-horror film, Great White this summer with a Shudder release to follow. Written by Michael Boughen (Dying Breed) and directed by Martin Wilson in his feature debut, Great White stars Katrina Bowden (Piranha 3DD, “30 Rock”), Aaron Jakubenko (“Tidelands”), Kimie Tsukakoshi (Riptide), Tim Kano (“Neighbours”), and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Love and Monsters, “The Dead Lands”). In Great White, a blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare when five seaplane passengers are stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival, the group tries to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking just beneath the surface. We’ve all been afraid to go back into the water since 1975 and GREAT WHITE is going to keep us out of the water for

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 16, 2021
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