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All In! Games have announced today that Paradise Lost is coming soon! Along with the release date announcement comes a new gameplay trailer, narrated by the game’s director Bogdan Graczyk, showing what players are expected to see when they venture into an abandoned nazi bunker. Paradise Lost takes place in an alternate history timeline where WWII lasted 20 years longer than it has and ended with no clear victor as Europe was turned into a nuclear wasteland. It’s 1980 and recently orphaned 12-year-old Szymon finds himself at an abandoned Nazi bunker that was taken over by the Polish resistance which afterward everyone vanished. Szymon will explore the bunker which has a connection to his mother and a mysterious man who is photographed with her in the bunker, along with Ewa, a mysterious girl who speaks through the bunker’s PA system. The bunker will open on March 24, 2021, for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Paradise Lost is available for
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Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Netflix has just made a massive, record-breaking $55 million deal at the European Film Market to obtain director Scott Cooper‘s (Antlers) upcoming Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye, starring Oscar-winning American Psycho and The Dark Knight actor Christian Bale. In the 1830 set film, Bale plays the role of a veteran detective investigating a series of murders at the West Point Academy. He’s is helped by a young cadet who will later become the famous author Edgar Allen Poe. Cooper also penned the script that is based on Louis Bayard’s novel. Bale produces with Cooper, John Lesher (Birdman), Tyler Thompson, and Cross Creek (The Trial Of The Chicago 7).
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This March, the horror thriller Making Monsters is set to be unleashed hot off its film festival tour making stops as festivals including Shriekfest, Portland Horror Film Festival, and the Hexploitation Film Festival where it won “Scariest Film.” Co-directed by Justin Harding (Latched) and Rob Brunner, the film is set over one terrifying night. Youtube stars gather for a fun time, only to find themselves cast in a home-made film of torture! David (Jonathan Craig) looks for his latest video to go viral. Changing his appearance, David leaves Christian (Tim Loden) and Allison (Alana Elmer) in stitches. But, this night soon takes a deadly turn. Now, there is no escape with these dinner guests trapped inside one man’s horrifying plot. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Making Monsters on Digital this March 26, 2021, across the U.S.
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This March, a moving crew makes a horrifying discovery in Shudder‘s Stay Out of the Attic, from writer-director Jarren Lauder (Bug Bites). In the film, “a diverse group of ex-cons-turned-movers—played by Morgan Alexandria (Forever My Girl), Ryan Francis (Sisters) and Bryce Fernelius (Ruling of the Heart)—are convinced by their creepy client, Vern Muller (Michael Flynn, The Outpost), to pull an all-nighter for a generous pay bump. As the night progresses and rooms are cleared, they slowly uncover the horrors that exist inside his old Victorian mansion, including boobytraps, human experimentation, Nazi monsters, and more. Will they survive the night?” Stay Out of the Attic premieres on Shudder on March 11, 2021. It will also be available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK, and Shudder ANZ on the same day.
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We here at Horror Fuel.com have been fans of shark films since the moment we first saw Bruce in Jaws, so we’re always excited when we learn of a new aquatic creature feature. Today, we can report that Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, The Lodge) and James Tupper (“Big Little Lies”) are starring in The Requin. In the film, a couple (Silverstone and Tupper) are on a romantic getaway in Vietnam. After a massive tropical storm sweeps them away from their seaside villa leaving them alone, injured, and floating on the ocean’s surface with a hungry Great White stalking them from below. Le-Van Kiet (Furie) wrote and directed the film with Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International producing and selling the film at the ongoing EFM. Filmed at Universal Studios Orlando, it was also produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead, and Cameron Burns of Paper Street Pictures. according to Deadline. In case you were wondering about the film’s
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The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is headed your way this March from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must
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Joe Wright‘s The Woman in the Window was set to open in theaters earlier this year but like many films got caught up in the madness of the pandemic. We can report that the movie is heading to Netflix! In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and in what she suspects is foul play. Amy Adams (Arrival) leads the all-star cast that includes Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Psycho 1998), Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame), Wyatt Russell (Overlord), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), and Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play 2019). The screenplay is from Tracy Letts (Killer Joe, Bug) and is based on the best-selling novel by A.J. Finn. The Woman in the Window premieres on Netflix on May 14, 2021.
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A trip to rekindle a couple’s passions goes terribly wrong in the thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson. Directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff from the script by Awbrey, Held centers on Emma (Jill Awbrey) and Henry (Bart Johnson) whose marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder they decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late. Tremendum Pictures’ Lofing, Cluff, and Kyle Gentz produced. Executive producers are Brent Powell, Ryan Pratt, Jener Dasilva, Sohrab Sohrabi,
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Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague rages and innocent people lose their lives to witch hunts, Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the
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All In! Games have announced today that Paradise Lost is coming soon! Along with the release date announcement comes a new gameplay trailer, narrated by the game’s director Bogdan Graczyk, showing what players are expected to see when they venture into an abandoned nazi bunker. Paradise Lost takes place in an alternate history timeline where WWII lasted 20 years longer than it has and ended with no clear victor as Europe was turned into a nuclear wasteland. It’s 1980 and recently orphaned 12-year-old Szymon finds himself at an abandoned Nazi bunker that was taken over by the Polish resistance which afterward everyone vanished. Szymon will explore the bunker which has a connection to his mother and a mysterious man who is photographed with her in the bunker, along with Ewa, a mysterious girl who speaks through the bunker’s PA system. The bunker will open on March 24, 2021, for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Paradise Lost is available for
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Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Netflix has just made a massive, record-breaking $55 million deal at the European Film Market to obtain director Scott Cooper‘s (Antlers) upcoming Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye, starring Oscar-winning American Psycho and The Dark Knight actor Christian Bale. In the 1830 set film, Bale plays the role of a veteran detective investigating a series of murders at the West Point Academy. He’s is helped by a young cadet who will later become the famous author Edgar Allen Poe. Cooper also penned the script that is based on Louis Bayard’s novel. Bale produces with Cooper, John Lesher (Birdman), Tyler Thompson, and Cross Creek (The Trial Of The Chicago 7).
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This March, the horror thriller Making Monsters is set to be unleashed hot off its film festival tour making stops as festivals including Shriekfest, Portland Horror Film Festival, and the Hexploitation Film Festival where it won “Scariest Film.” Co-directed by Justin Harding (Latched) and Rob Brunner, the film is set over one terrifying night. Youtube stars gather for a fun time, only to find themselves cast in a home-made film of torture! David (Jonathan Craig) looks for his latest video to go viral. Changing his appearance, David leaves Christian (Tim Loden) and Allison (Alana Elmer) in stitches. But, this night soon takes a deadly turn. Now, there is no escape with these dinner guests trapped inside one man’s horrifying plot. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Making Monsters on Digital this March 26, 2021, across the U.S.
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This March, a moving crew makes a horrifying discovery in Shudder‘s Stay Out of the Attic, from writer-director Jarren Lauder (Bug Bites). In the film, “a diverse group of ex-cons-turned-movers—played by Morgan Alexandria (Forever My Girl), Ryan Francis (Sisters) and Bryce Fernelius (Ruling of the Heart)—are convinced by their creepy client, Vern Muller (Michael Flynn, The Outpost), to pull an all-nighter for a generous pay bump. As the night progresses and rooms are cleared, they slowly uncover the horrors that exist inside his old Victorian mansion, including boobytraps, human experimentation, Nazi monsters, and more. Will they survive the night?” Stay Out of the Attic premieres on Shudder on March 11, 2021. It will also be available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK, and Shudder ANZ on the same day.
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We here at Horror Fuel.com have been fans of shark films since the moment we first saw Bruce in Jaws, so we’re always excited when we learn of a new aquatic creature feature. Today, we can report that Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, The Lodge) and James Tupper (“Big Little Lies”) are starring in The Requin. In the film, a couple (Silverstone and Tupper) are on a romantic getaway in Vietnam. After a massive tropical storm sweeps them away from their seaside villa leaving them alone, injured, and floating on the ocean’s surface with a hungry Great White stalking them from below. Le-Van Kiet (Furie) wrote and directed the film with Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International producing and selling the film at the ongoing EFM. Filmed at Universal Studios Orlando, it was also produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead, and Cameron Burns of Paper Street Pictures. according to Deadline. In case you were wondering about the film’s
Continue reading →
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The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is headed your way this March from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must
Continue reading →
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Joe Wright‘s The Woman in the Window was set to open in theaters earlier this year but like many films got caught up in the madness of the pandemic. We can report that the movie is heading to Netflix! In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and in what she suspects is foul play. Amy Adams (Arrival) leads the all-star cast that includes Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Psycho 1998), Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame), Wyatt Russell (Overlord), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), and Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play 2019). The screenplay is from Tracy Letts (Killer Joe, Bug) and is based on the best-selling novel by A.J. Finn. The Woman in the Window premieres on Netflix on May 14, 2021.
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A trip to rekindle a couple’s passions goes terribly wrong in the thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson. Directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff from the script by Awbrey, Held centers on Emma (Jill Awbrey) and Henry (Bart Johnson) whose marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder they decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late. Tremendum Pictures’ Lofing, Cluff, and Kyle Gentz produced. Executive producers are Brent Powell, Ryan Pratt, Jener Dasilva, Sohrab Sohrabi,
Continue reading →
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Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague rages and innocent people lose their lives to witch hunts, Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the
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