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Horror Thriller ‘Broil’ Is Out Today On Blu-ray And DVD

Well Go USA Entertainment, who brought you Train to Busan, has just unleashed the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin). Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little), Avery Konrad (TV’s “Sacred Lies,” TV’s “Van Helsing”), Lochlyn Munro (TV’s “Riverdale”) and Timothy V. Murphy (TV’s “Snowpiercer,” National Treasure: Book of Secrets) star in this gothic tale of a troubled girl sent to live at her draconian grandfather’s creepy estate. In the film, after a violent incident with a school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her draconian grandfather (Timothy V. Murphy) at his lavish estate, where she soon uncovers a dangerous ancient family secret. Suddenly caught between warring factions of the family, her only hope for survival may well come from a killer-for-hire (Jonathan Lipnicki) with a fortuitous stroke of culinary genius. Broil is out today on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 13, 2020
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Gerard Butler’s Disaster Thriller ‘Greenland’ Heading Straight To VOD

From the producer of the John Wick franchise and director Ric Roman Waugh comes Greenland, the disaster thriller starring Gerard Butler. News has come that the film, which has been delayed multiple times, is bypassing US theaters and is heading straight to premium VOD platforms this December after being a worldwide hit. From STXFilms, Greenland centers on John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan making a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity. Starring Butler, Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Andrew Bachelor, and Joshua Mikel, this intense thrill ride is produced by Butler, Basil Iwanyk, and Alan Siegal. Greenland premieres on premium VOD platforms on December 18, 2020, followed by its debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 12, 2020
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From The Creators Of 10 Cloverfield Lane Comes The Survival Thriller ‘Horizon Line’

From the creators of 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Shallows comes the survival thriller Horizon Line. The thrilling story is about two former lovers, Sara (Allison Williams) and Jackson (Alexander Dreymon) who discover new altitudes of fear aboard a single-engine Cessna plane. It was supposed to be a routine and casual 99-minute flight to their friend’s tropical island wedding. But within minutes after takeoff, their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving Sara and Jackson with no idea where they are, no comms, and no clue how to land the plane. With nothing but miles of ocean and sky in every direction, and a terrifying storm that’s about to envelop them, Sara and Jackson have only one shot – and there’s no going back. Directed by Mikael Marcimain (Call Girl) and written by Josh Campbell and Matthew Stuecken, the film was produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro. Horizon Line is landing soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2020
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“Helter Skelter” Film ‘The Other Side Of Madness’ Being Rereleased For 50th Anniversary

The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today’s cord-cutters, announces the restoration and re-release of the first and one of the most sensational accounts of the vicious “Helter Skelter” murders, The Other Side of Madness (1971), the inaugural title in a series of TFD releases from The Wade Williams Collection. Available on limited-edition Blu-ray or DVD Nov. 10—marking the 50th anniversary of its original release—The Other Side of Madness was the first cinematic depiction of the Manson murders, filmed so astonishingly close to the time of the events that the Manson trial was still in progress. Portrayed as a modern “noir,” it proved so shocking to audiences at the time that the film was banned in Los Angeles. Superbly photographed and directed by award-winning filmmaker Frank Howard and produced by Wade Williams, the film was partially shot in Kansas City with a cast of mostly unknown actors. However,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2020
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Dustin Hoffman Stars In The Horror Thriller ‘Into The Labyrinth’

Legendary actor and Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman stars alongside Toni Servillo (The Girl in the Fog) and Valentina Bellè (Catch 22) in the new Italian horror mystery Into the Labyrinth from writer-director David di Donatello and award-winner (Best New Director 2018) Donato Carrisi. “When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler (Dustin Hoffman) and a private investigator (Toni Servillo) try to piece together the mystery.” Into the Labyrinth premieres on October 9, 2020, on Video On Demand.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2020
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Remember, The Unnerving Thriller ‘Fugue’ Is Coming To Digital

In the tradition of Memento, writer-director Tomas Street’s unnerving, dark mystery thriller Fugue arrives this October. Fugue unfolds as Malcolm (Jack Foley) awakes from a coma, unsure of where or who he is. Helen, his wife, struggles to remind him of the man she needs him to be. When their friend Ian pays a surprise visit Malcolm begins suspecting things are not entirely as they seem. His wife and friend may not be telling the whole story. Just as Malcolm’s persona comes into sharper focus, masked intruders put everyone’s lives in danger. The truth will come out, one way or another. Laura Tremblay, Mike Donis, Kristen Da Silva, Michael Lipka, Evan Siemann, and Lynda McCool also star alongside Foley in an Indiecan release. Watch Fugue out on Digital on October 20, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 9, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman’s ‘Death Of Me’ Takes You On A Terrifying Trip This November

From director and horror mainstay Darren Lynn Bousman comes a new thrilling tale of terror, black magic, and murder, Death of Me (review). The new pulse-pounding supernatural tale that will make you think twice about traveling to exotic places is out on Blu-ray and DVD this Fall! Written by Ari Margolis, James Morley III, and David Tish, Death of Me stars Maggie Q (Fantasy Island), Luke Hemsworth (“Westworld”), and Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep). “Vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand, Christine (Maggie Q) and Neil Oliver (Luke Hemsworth) awake hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They find footage on Neil’s camera, and watch, horrified, as Neil appears to murder Christine. With twenty-four hours until the next ferry and a typhoon threatening the island, Christine and Neil attempt to reconstruct the night’s events—and are snared in a web of mystery, black magic, and murder.” Bousman has a long history of providing genre fans the scares they

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Monochrome’ Kicks Off A New Franchise This October

The unique, award-winning sci-fi thriller Monochrome: The Chromism, the first film of a new franchise, is set to premiere this Fall. From writer-director Kodi Zene and producer Lozen Fükem, the film centers on Isaac Ward (Joshua Bangle), the first person to turn “hue” in this black and white world. After being shot in a downtown crossfire, he is found bleeding “red”. As Isaac’s body also begins to streak with color, other outbreaks develop across the globe. Isaac now struggles to survive while society tears itself apart to try to capture and comprehend these new unexplainable “hues”. Leaving countries at odds, at war and Isaac is determined to find answers. Cat Merritt, Devin Leigh, Ryan Barnes, Andre Pelzer, and Shashana Pearson also star in this Tempest Studios production. Monochrome: The Chromism premieres On Demand on October 16, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
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Joe Manganiello Is A Badass In The ‘Archenemy’ Teaser

From writer-director Adam Egypt Mortimer, the filmmaker that brought you Daniel Isn’t Real, comes the first teaser trailer for Archenemy starting Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”), Skylan Brooks (“Empire”), Zolee Griggs (“W-Tang: An American Saga”), Amy Seimetz (Pet Semetary), and Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”). In Archenemy, Max Fist (Manganiello) claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster. Together, they take to the streets to wipe out the local drug syndicate and its vicious crime boss known as “The Manager”. Archenemy will be unleashed by RLJE Films in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on December 11, 2020. The teaser has arrived ahead of the trailer’s world premiere on October 6th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2020
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From ‘The Blair Witch Project’s’ Eduardo Sanchez Comes “Ithaca: The Mini Series”

Man In The Arena Films, Everything’s Fire, and The Blair Witch Project‘s Eduardo Sanchez bring you “Ithaca: The Miniseries“. “Ithaca” is an adventure mini-series that takes you on a journey through the battlefield of the mind, on a man’s quest to heal his broken legacy.” The ambitious first season has been created over 7 years with zero budget, only 2-4 crew, and using only free and available resources. Inspired by Homer’s “Odyssey,” modern mythology, and flavored with Balinese Hindu Mythology. It is an emotional adventure/horror/psychological thriller that has already resonated in the hearts of all it’s viewers. Season 1 of “Ithaca: The Miniseries” is available now and can be watched for FREE on the Man In The Arena Films YouTube Channel.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2020

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Horror Thriller ‘Broil’ Is Out Today On Blu-ray And DVD

Well Go USA Entertainment, who brought you Train to Busan, has just unleashed the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin). Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little), Avery Konrad (TV’s “Sacred Lies,” TV’s “Van Helsing”), Lochlyn Munro (TV’s “Riverdale”) and Timothy V. Murphy (TV’s “Snowpiercer,” National Treasure: Book of Secrets) star in this gothic tale of a troubled girl sent to live at her draconian grandfather’s creepy estate. In the film, after a violent incident with a school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her draconian grandfather (Timothy V. Murphy) at his lavish estate, where she soon uncovers a dangerous ancient family secret. Suddenly caught between warring factions of the family, her only hope for survival may well come from a killer-for-hire (Jonathan Lipnicki) with a fortuitous stroke of culinary genius. Broil is out today on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 13, 2020
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Gerard Butler’s Disaster Thriller ‘Greenland’ Heading Straight To VOD

From the producer of the John Wick franchise and director Ric Roman Waugh comes Greenland, the disaster thriller starring Gerard Butler. News has come that the film, which has been delayed multiple times, is bypassing US theaters and is heading straight to premium VOD platforms this December after being a worldwide hit. From STXFilms, Greenland centers on John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan making a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity. Starring Butler, Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Andrew Bachelor, and Joshua Mikel, this intense thrill ride is produced by Butler, Basil Iwanyk, and Alan Siegal. Greenland premieres on premium VOD platforms on December 18, 2020, followed by its debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 12, 2020
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From The Creators Of 10 Cloverfield Lane Comes The Survival Thriller ‘Horizon Line’

From the creators of 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Shallows comes the survival thriller Horizon Line. The thrilling story is about two former lovers, Sara (Allison Williams) and Jackson (Alexander Dreymon) who discover new altitudes of fear aboard a single-engine Cessna plane. It was supposed to be a routine and casual 99-minute flight to their friend’s tropical island wedding. But within minutes after takeoff, their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving Sara and Jackson with no idea where they are, no comms, and no clue how to land the plane. With nothing but miles of ocean and sky in every direction, and a terrifying storm that’s about to envelop them, Sara and Jackson have only one shot – and there’s no going back. Directed by Mikael Marcimain (Call Girl) and written by Josh Campbell and Matthew Stuecken, the film was produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro. Horizon Line is landing soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2020
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“Helter Skelter” Film ‘The Other Side Of Madness’ Being Rereleased For 50th Anniversary

The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today’s cord-cutters, announces the restoration and re-release of the first and one of the most sensational accounts of the vicious “Helter Skelter” murders, The Other Side of Madness (1971), the inaugural title in a series of TFD releases from The Wade Williams Collection. Available on limited-edition Blu-ray or DVD Nov. 10—marking the 50th anniversary of its original release—The Other Side of Madness was the first cinematic depiction of the Manson murders, filmed so astonishingly close to the time of the events that the Manson trial was still in progress. Portrayed as a modern “noir,” it proved so shocking to audiences at the time that the film was banned in Los Angeles. Superbly photographed and directed by award-winning filmmaker Frank Howard and produced by Wade Williams, the film was partially shot in Kansas City with a cast of mostly unknown actors. However,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2020
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Dustin Hoffman Stars In The Horror Thriller ‘Into The Labyrinth’

Legendary actor and Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman stars alongside Toni Servillo (The Girl in the Fog) and Valentina Bellè (Catch 22) in the new Italian horror mystery Into the Labyrinth from writer-director David di Donatello and award-winner (Best New Director 2018) Donato Carrisi. “When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler (Dustin Hoffman) and a private investigator (Toni Servillo) try to piece together the mystery.” Into the Labyrinth premieres on October 9, 2020, on Video On Demand.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2020
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Remember, The Unnerving Thriller ‘Fugue’ Is Coming To Digital

In the tradition of Memento, writer-director Tomas Street’s unnerving, dark mystery thriller Fugue arrives this October. Fugue unfolds as Malcolm (Jack Foley) awakes from a coma, unsure of where or who he is. Helen, his wife, struggles to remind him of the man she needs him to be. When their friend Ian pays a surprise visit Malcolm begins suspecting things are not entirely as they seem. His wife and friend may not be telling the whole story. Just as Malcolm’s persona comes into sharper focus, masked intruders put everyone’s lives in danger. The truth will come out, one way or another. Laura Tremblay, Mike Donis, Kristen Da Silva, Michael Lipka, Evan Siemann, and Lynda McCool also star alongside Foley in an Indiecan release. Watch Fugue out on Digital on October 20, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 9, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman’s ‘Death Of Me’ Takes You On A Terrifying Trip This November

From director and horror mainstay Darren Lynn Bousman comes a new thrilling tale of terror, black magic, and murder, Death of Me (review). The new pulse-pounding supernatural tale that will make you think twice about traveling to exotic places is out on Blu-ray and DVD this Fall! Written by Ari Margolis, James Morley III, and David Tish, Death of Me stars Maggie Q (Fantasy Island), Luke Hemsworth (“Westworld”), and Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep). “Vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand, Christine (Maggie Q) and Neil Oliver (Luke Hemsworth) awake hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They find footage on Neil’s camera, and watch, horrified, as Neil appears to murder Christine. With twenty-four hours until the next ferry and a typhoon threatening the island, Christine and Neil attempt to reconstruct the night’s events—and are snared in a web of mystery, black magic, and murder.” Bousman has a long history of providing genre fans the scares they

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Monochrome’ Kicks Off A New Franchise This October

The unique, award-winning sci-fi thriller Monochrome: The Chromism, the first film of a new franchise, is set to premiere this Fall. From writer-director Kodi Zene and producer Lozen Fükem, the film centers on Isaac Ward (Joshua Bangle), the first person to turn “hue” in this black and white world. After being shot in a downtown crossfire, he is found bleeding “red”. As Isaac’s body also begins to streak with color, other outbreaks develop across the globe. Isaac now struggles to survive while society tears itself apart to try to capture and comprehend these new unexplainable “hues”. Leaving countries at odds, at war and Isaac is determined to find answers. Cat Merritt, Devin Leigh, Ryan Barnes, Andre Pelzer, and Shashana Pearson also star in this Tempest Studios production. Monochrome: The Chromism premieres On Demand on October 16, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
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Joe Manganiello Is A Badass In The ‘Archenemy’ Teaser

From writer-director Adam Egypt Mortimer, the filmmaker that brought you Daniel Isn’t Real, comes the first teaser trailer for Archenemy starting Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”), Skylan Brooks (“Empire”), Zolee Griggs (“W-Tang: An American Saga”), Amy Seimetz (Pet Semetary), and Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”). In Archenemy, Max Fist (Manganiello) claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster. Together, they take to the streets to wipe out the local drug syndicate and its vicious crime boss known as “The Manager”. Archenemy will be unleashed by RLJE Films in theaters, On Demand, and on Digital on December 11, 2020. The teaser has arrived ahead of the trailer’s world premiere on October 6th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2020
Horror Fuel

From ‘The Blair Witch Project’s’ Eduardo Sanchez Comes “Ithaca: The Mini Series”

Man In The Arena Films, Everything’s Fire, and The Blair Witch Project‘s Eduardo Sanchez bring you “Ithaca: The Miniseries“. “Ithaca” is an adventure mini-series that takes you on a journey through the battlefield of the mind, on a man’s quest to heal his broken legacy.” The ambitious first season has been created over 7 years with zero budget, only 2-4 crew, and using only free and available resources. Inspired by Homer’s “Odyssey,” modern mythology, and flavored with Balinese Hindu Mythology. It is an emotional adventure/horror/psychological thriller that has already resonated in the hearts of all it’s viewers. Season 1 of “Ithaca: The Miniseries” is available now and can be watched for FREE on the Man In The Arena Films YouTube Channel.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2020
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