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Tom Sizemore and Cybil Lake sat down with us to discuss their new upcoming horror thriller, Central Park Dark. In the film, which Lake wrote, directs, and stars in, a one-night stand turns into a never-ending nightmare when a married doctor (Sizemore) spends a night with a woman (Lake) that ends in an argument. She then aims to torture the doctor in a bid for revenge in the film that combines history, horror, and magic. Cybil Lake: “So, do you want to talk about this movie, or what [laughter]?” Horror Fuel: “Yes ma’am I do.” Cybil Lake: “So, it’s a horror-thriller about a one night stand that turns into a nightmare. Tom plays an alcoholic, married doctor who meets my character, Anna, with whom he has a past. After a really heated argument, I jump out of a window. He doesn’t know if I’m alive or not. I appear to him in his dreams and I’m working with these dark
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Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, have let loose the first trailer for the post-apocalyptic psychological thriller, Go/Don’t Go. Written and directed by first time filmmaker and actor, Alex Knapp, the film stars Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig, and Zoey Wagner. After an unknown cataclysm, Adam (Alex Knapp) is alone. The sole inhabitant of a vacant, unchanged world, or so he thinks. While attempting to stay grounded in the desolate landscape, visions come to him—the fateful night his best friend Kyle (Nore Davis) introduces him to the love of his life, K (Olivia Luccardi). As Adam’s mental state starts to unravel, he is plagued by lingering questions and uncertain realities about his world. His grip on what’s left starts to slip away—sending him spiraling towards a series of unforeseen consequences and unexpected truths. We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures for the release of Go/Don’t Go. The broad
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The free streaming network Crackle announces its new exclusives, movies, and series debuting this January, including the premiere of the new series “Insomnia” and the Crackle Exclusive feature Black Water Abyss. Crackle linear and VOD networks are available in the U.S. and can be accessed on up to 29 devices and services including Amazon FireTV, RokuTV, Apple TV, Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Vizio), gaming consoles (PS4 and XBoxOne), Plex, iOS and Android mobile devices and on desktops atCrackle.com. Crackle is also available in approximately 500,000 hotel rooms in the Marriott Bonvoy chain. New Crackle Original Series in January Insomnia (Premieres January 1st) Crackle original series Each year strangers from around the globe are forced to play a deadly game in a major city while a secret group of billionaires and oligarchs gamble on their fates. This time, on the 10th anniversary of the game, twenty contestants must kill or be killed on the streets of Moscow until only one is
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This Januar,y enter the world of the black market organ trade and addiction in writer Brea Grant‘s thriller 12 Hours Shift. Starring Angela Bettis (Carrie), David Arquette (Scream), Chloe Farnworth (Departure), Nikea Gamby-Turner (“Rosewood”), and Tara Perry (“The Fresh Beat Band”), 12 Hour Shift is a tale of desperation and survival that outlines the gruesome realities of opioid abuse and the terrifying world of the black market. Set in a small-town Arkansas hospital in 1999, 12 Hour Shift follows Mandy (Bettis) a drug-addicted nurse who gets caught in the middle of a black market organ-trading scheme after her ruthless cousin, Regina (Farnworth), misplaces a kidney scheduled for delivery that night. Death soon descends on the hospital as a mob boss and an injured convict (Arquette) terrorize patients, while Mandy and Regina scramble to replace the lost organ by any means necessary. Nothing is off the table and every patient is at risk as Mandy fights to restore order and appease
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To celebrate its recent release, a new teaser trailer from the dark survival thriller Hunter Hunter has been unleashed. Written and directed by Shawn Linden, the film follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan, “The Man in the High Castle”), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell, Curse of Chucky) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him and learn there’s another killer on the loose. Hunter Hunter, which we call “a horror thriller done right” in our overwhelmingly positive review, is out now on Digital and On Demand from IFC Midnight. If you’re looking for a film that is
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Another pandemic thriller is headed your way. Titled The Survivalist, the film stars John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and recently wrapped production in the Tri-State area. The film is set a year and a half after the fall of civilization from a viral outbreak. Former FBI agent, Ben (Meyers), is forced to protect a young woman who is immune to the disease from a dangerous gang hunting her. The gang is led by Aaron (Malkovich), a psychopath who believes he’s going to use her to save the world. We’re thrilled and honored to be working with screen legends John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers on The Survivalist, an exhilarating, timely, and action-packed feature film with stellar performances,” Levine and Beckerman stated. The Survivalist is directed by Jon Keeyes who also produces alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordon Beckerman under their Yale Productions banner. Matthew Rogers wrote the original script. While no release date has formerly been announced, we should
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Croation shocker F20 may not deliver many surprises to fans of lover-gone-psycho cinema, but its vibrant style and gripping performances make the ride to the inevitable a stirring one. Director Arsen A. Ostojic’s thriller takes viewers on an unsettling ride with nods to slasher fare in its third act. Part-time university student Martina (Romina Tonković) reluctantly helps her widowed father Mate (Mladen Vulić) out at his pizzeria. She develops a crush on Filip (Filip Mayer), a young man her age who orders pizza delivery daily. Asserting herself into his loner lifestyle of playing first-person shooter games while his parents are on vacation at their forest cabin, she and her friend Irena (Lana Ujevic) coax him into going out for drinks and karaoke, and the pair eventually enter into an intimate relationship. Viewers are tipped off very early — some might argue too soon — that something might be amiss with Filip, but I’ll save the how and why to avoid
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A woman’s visit to her ancestral home takes a terrifying turn in writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s (Free in Deed) Runion, starring Julia Ormond (TV’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”). In the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, a pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. Emma Draper (Wellington Paranormal), Cohen Holloway (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows), Ava Keane (Daffodils), Gina Laverty (Wellington Paranormal), and John Bach (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King) also star. Nadia Maxwell, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, and Mike S. Ryan produce. Reunion opens in theaters and arrives on VOD and Digital Platforms on February 5, 2021. Check out the new trailer from Dark Sky Films.
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Watch the trailer for writer-director Castille Landon‘s (Sex Ed) new film Fear of Rain, a terrifying thriller that takes viewers inside the mind of a troubled girl who believes there is a dark secret lurking in the house next door. For teenager Rain Burroughs (Madison Iseman), a diagnosis with schizophrenia means that every day is a struggle as she tries to figure out which of the disturbing images, harrowing voices, and traumatic feelings she experiences are real and which are all in her mind. But when Rain insists against her parents’ (Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick, Jr.) advice that the shadows and cries from her neighbor’s attic are hiding a dark secret, she enlists help from Caleb (Israel Broussard), the charmingly awkward new boy at school – who himself may not be real. Written and directed by Castille Landon (After We Fell, After Ever Happy). Dori A. Rath, p.g.a., Joseph J. Restraino, p.g.a., Robert Molloy, and Joe Riley produce. Fear
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Chloë Grace Moretz sets out on a dangerous mission, escorting a mysterious package, and faces a monster in the new clip from Roseanne Liang‘s Shadow in the Cloud unleashed just ahead of its release this January. In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett (Mortez) joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude’s every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear…lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane. Trapped between an oncoming air ambush and an evil lurking within, Maude must push beyond her limits to save the hapless crew and protect her mysterious cargo. Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Benedict Wall, Joe Witkowski,
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Tom Sizemore and Cybil Lake sat down with us to discuss their new upcoming horror thriller, Central Park Dark. In the film, which Lake wrote, directs, and stars in, a one-night stand turns into a never-ending nightmare when a married doctor (Sizemore) spends a night with a woman (Lake) that ends in an argument. She then aims to torture the doctor in a bid for revenge in the film that combines history, horror, and magic. Cybil Lake: “So, do you want to talk about this movie, or what [laughter]?” Horror Fuel: “Yes ma’am I do.” Cybil Lake: “So, it’s a horror-thriller about a one night stand that turns into a nightmare. Tom plays an alcoholic, married doctor who meets my character, Anna, with whom he has a past. After a really heated argument, I jump out of a window. He doesn’t know if I’m alive or not. I appear to him in his dreams and I’m working with these dark
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Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, have let loose the first trailer for the post-apocalyptic psychological thriller, Go/Don’t Go. Written and directed by first time filmmaker and actor, Alex Knapp, the film stars Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig, and Zoey Wagner. After an unknown cataclysm, Adam (Alex Knapp) is alone. The sole inhabitant of a vacant, unchanged world, or so he thinks. While attempting to stay grounded in the desolate landscape, visions come to him—the fateful night his best friend Kyle (Nore Davis) introduces him to the love of his life, K (Olivia Luccardi). As Adam’s mental state starts to unravel, he is plagued by lingering questions and uncertain realities about his world. His grip on what’s left starts to slip away—sending him spiraling towards a series of unforeseen consequences and unexpected truths. We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures for the release of Go/Don’t Go. The broad
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The free streaming network Crackle announces its new exclusives, movies, and series debuting this January, including the premiere of the new series “Insomnia” and the Crackle Exclusive feature Black Water Abyss. Crackle linear and VOD networks are available in the U.S. and can be accessed on up to 29 devices and services including Amazon FireTV, RokuTV, Apple TV, Smart TVs (Samsung, LG, Vizio), gaming consoles (PS4 and XBoxOne), Plex, iOS and Android mobile devices and on desktops atCrackle.com. Crackle is also available in approximately 500,000 hotel rooms in the Marriott Bonvoy chain. New Crackle Original Series in January Insomnia (Premieres January 1st) Crackle original series Each year strangers from around the globe are forced to play a deadly game in a major city while a secret group of billionaires and oligarchs gamble on their fates. This time, on the 10th anniversary of the game, twenty contestants must kill or be killed on the streets of Moscow until only one is
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This Januar,y enter the world of the black market organ trade and addiction in writer Brea Grant‘s thriller 12 Hours Shift. Starring Angela Bettis (Carrie), David Arquette (Scream), Chloe Farnworth (Departure), Nikea Gamby-Turner (“Rosewood”), and Tara Perry (“The Fresh Beat Band”), 12 Hour Shift is a tale of desperation and survival that outlines the gruesome realities of opioid abuse and the terrifying world of the black market. Set in a small-town Arkansas hospital in 1999, 12 Hour Shift follows Mandy (Bettis) a drug-addicted nurse who gets caught in the middle of a black market organ-trading scheme after her ruthless cousin, Regina (Farnworth), misplaces a kidney scheduled for delivery that night. Death soon descends on the hospital as a mob boss and an injured convict (Arquette) terrorize patients, while Mandy and Regina scramble to replace the lost organ by any means necessary. Nothing is off the table and every patient is at risk as Mandy fights to restore order and appease
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To celebrate its recent release, a new teaser trailer from the dark survival thriller Hunter Hunter has been unleashed. Written and directed by Shawn Linden, the film follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan, “The Man in the High Castle”), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell, Curse of Chucky) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him and learn there’s another killer on the loose. Hunter Hunter, which we call “a horror thriller done right” in our overwhelmingly positive review, is out now on Digital and On Demand from IFC Midnight. If you’re looking for a film that is
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Another pandemic thriller is headed your way. Titled The Survivalist, the film stars John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and recently wrapped production in the Tri-State area. The film is set a year and a half after the fall of civilization from a viral outbreak. Former FBI agent, Ben (Meyers), is forced to protect a young woman who is immune to the disease from a dangerous gang hunting her. The gang is led by Aaron (Malkovich), a psychopath who believes he’s going to use her to save the world. We’re thrilled and honored to be working with screen legends John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers on The Survivalist, an exhilarating, timely, and action-packed feature film with stellar performances,” Levine and Beckerman stated. The Survivalist is directed by Jon Keeyes who also produces alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordon Beckerman under their Yale Productions banner. Matthew Rogers wrote the original script. While no release date has formerly been announced, we should
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Croation shocker F20 may not deliver many surprises to fans of lover-gone-psycho cinema, but its vibrant style and gripping performances make the ride to the inevitable a stirring one. Director Arsen A. Ostojic’s thriller takes viewers on an unsettling ride with nods to slasher fare in its third act. Part-time university student Martina (Romina Tonković) reluctantly helps her widowed father Mate (Mladen Vulić) out at his pizzeria. She develops a crush on Filip (Filip Mayer), a young man her age who orders pizza delivery daily. Asserting herself into his loner lifestyle of playing first-person shooter games while his parents are on vacation at their forest cabin, she and her friend Irena (Lana Ujevic) coax him into going out for drinks and karaoke, and the pair eventually enter into an intimate relationship. Viewers are tipped off very early — some might argue too soon — that something might be amiss with Filip, but I’ll save the how and why to avoid
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Watch the trailer for writer-director Castille Landon‘s (Sex Ed) new film Fear of Rain, a terrifying thriller that takes viewers inside the mind of a troubled girl who believes there is a dark secret lurking in the house next door. For teenager Rain Burroughs (Madison Iseman), a diagnosis with schizophrenia means that every day is a struggle as she tries to figure out which of the disturbing images, harrowing voices, and traumatic feelings she experiences are real and which are all in her mind. But when Rain insists against her parents’ (Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick, Jr.) advice that the shadows and cries from her neighbor’s attic are hiding a dark secret, she enlists help from Caleb (Israel Broussard), the charmingly awkward new boy at school – who himself may not be real. Written and directed by Castille Landon (After We Fell, After Ever Happy). Dori A. Rath, p.g.a., Joseph J. Restraino, p.g.a., Robert Molloy, and Joe Riley produce. Fear
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Chloë Grace Moretz sets out on a dangerous mission, escorting a mysterious package, and faces a monster in the new clip from Roseanne Liang‘s Shadow in the Cloud unleashed just ahead of its release this January. In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett (Mortez) joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude’s every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear…lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane. Trapped between an oncoming air ambush and an evil lurking within, Maude must push beyond her limits to save the hapless crew and protect her mysterious cargo. Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Benedict Wall, Joe Witkowski,
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