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Where Sweet Dreams Die Coming in 2021 From Ave Fenix Pictures Studios!

Hey cats n’ creeps; your’s cruelly just got the supernatural skinny on a new fright flick headin’ our way in 2021 called Where Sweet Dreams Die! Read on to learn more… “Zachary Laoutides (Black Ruby), Jaime Zevallos (Marvel: Cloak & Dagger) and British actor-recording artist Alexander James Rodriguez (Missing Link) have signed on to the thriller film ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’ from Latinx film studios, Ave Fenix Pictures Studios. Directed by Mirza Esho, ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’, follows an Italian American who is on the verge of losing his restaurant and wife to cancer. He becomes obsessed with a Middle Eastern immigrant on the path to achieve the American Dream and take over his restaurant. Ave Fenix Pictures Studios is co-founded by award-winning Mexican actress-producer Monica Esmeralda Leon, whose mission is to create films with a diverse-driven cast and crew. With COVID-19 protocols in place, ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’ will begin filming this November in Chicago and New York. The

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DanXIII
Sep 12, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Dahmer (2002)

Remember when mother fuckin’ Hawkeye played (literal) man-eater Jeffrey Dahmer? Yeah, me freakin’ either… but he did, so here we are! The long and the short of Dahmer goes as follows: going out of his way to prove he’s no Willy fuckin’ Wonka, chocolate factory worker Jeffrey Dahmer (Jeremy Renner) prowls Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for young male victims to turn into brain dead (and eventually dead dead) sexual playthings. Along the way, he reminisces about earlier murder biz, and his relationship with his pappy (Willard himself, Bruce Davison) who thinks something is off about his boy, but isn’t sure just what. It’s non-stop spills and thrills as we learn just what this serial killin’ scamp was up to before his ass got thrown in the hole forever and a day… Besides boasting a gritty, almost grindhouse style (in terms of aesthetic if not on screen carnage) the main draw to this flick is the performance of Renner who manages to make

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DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
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A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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Azura Skye Is Driven To The Brink Of Madness In ‘The Swerve’ Trailer

From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia, the medication for insomnia, the dreams from the medication for insomnia. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer/director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on mental illness. The Swerve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
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Saddle Up, The Horror Western ‘The Pale Door’ Is Headed Your Way

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, along with Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, will release the horror-western The Pale Door ahead of Halloween. In the film, “the Dalton gang finds shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a train robbery goes south. Seeking help for their wounded leader, they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square. But the beautiful women who greet them are actually a coven of witches with very sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws – and the battle between good and evil is just beginning.” Directed by Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package) who also co-wrote the script with Cameron Burns (Camera Obscura) and Keith Lansdale (“Creepshow”), The Pale Door stars Devin Druid (“13 Reasons Why”), Zachary Knighton (“Happy Endings”), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Stan Shaw (The Monster Squad), Pat Healy (Cheap Thrills), Bill Sage (We Are What We Are), Melora Walters (“PEN15”, Magnolia)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2020
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New Art Revealed For Netflix’s ‘The Devil All The Time’ Teases A Dark Thriller

In an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves. From writer-director Antonio Campos and co-writer Paulo Campos comes The Devil All the Time, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel. The highly anticipated dark thriller is set in Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, where sinister characters – an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and a crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) – converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos‘ The Devil All the Time renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted. The all-star cast also includes Bill Skarsgård, Mia Wasikowska, Harry Melling, Haley Bennett, Jason Collett, and Pokey LaFarge. During our interview, actor

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ Uncut Invades Theaters This October

Neon’s sci-fi thriller Possessor, from the visionary mind of writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), is ready to invade your mind this October with its uncut version. The film “follows an elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough). Using brain transplant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a ming that threatens to obliterate her.” Riseborough stars alongside Jennifer Jason Lee, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Abbott, Kaniehtion Horn, Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Jacot, and Gabrielle Graham. This intense thrill-ride is produced by Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, and Andrew Starke. Possessor arrives in select theaters and drive-ins on October 9th, followed by its release on VOD and Digital on November 6th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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From The Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes The Supernatural Thriller ‘The Dark And The Wicked’ (Trailer)

Waking nightmares plaque a family struggling with their father’s illness in The Dark and The Wicked from The Strangers writer and director Bryan Bertino. “On a secluded farm, a man is slowly dying. Bedridden and fighting through his final breaths, his wife is slowly succumbing to overwhelming grief. To help their mother and say goodbye to their father, siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family farm. It doesn’t take long for them to see that something’s wrong with mom, though—something more than her heavy sorrow. Gradually, as their own grief mounts, Louise and Michael begin suffering from a darkness similar to their mother’s, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over their family.” Xander Berkeley also stars in The Dark and The Wicked whose new trailer teases a dark supernatual thriller, debuting in theaters, Digital , and On Demand November 6, 2020, from RLJE Films and Shudder.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
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A Family’s Dark Secret Is Uncovered This October In ‘Broil’ (Trailer)

Well Go USA Entertainment is set to unleash the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin), just in time for Halloween. And we’ve got the new trailer that teases a beautifully dark film. 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 debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
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First Look: A Dangerous Obsession Leads To Terror In IFC Midnight’s ‘Kindred’

Kindred, the new psychological thriller for IFC Midnight, now has a theatrical, Digital, and VOD release date. Rippling with suspense, Kindred follows vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother (Fiona Shaw) and her stepson (Jack Lowden), who seems increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte’s suspicions. This Joe Marcantonio directed film stars Fiona Show (Killing Eve), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Anton Lesser (“Game of Thrones”), and Tamara Lawrence (The Long Song). Kindred opens in theaters and arrives on On Demand, VOD, and on Digital November 6, 2020. Take a look at the first images from the film. .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2020

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Where Sweet Dreams Die Coming in 2021 From Ave Fenix Pictures Studios!

Hey cats n’ creeps; your’s cruelly just got the supernatural skinny on a new fright flick headin’ our way in 2021 called Where Sweet Dreams Die! Read on to learn more… “Zachary Laoutides (Black Ruby), Jaime Zevallos (Marvel: Cloak & Dagger) and British actor-recording artist Alexander James Rodriguez (Missing Link) have signed on to the thriller film ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’ from Latinx film studios, Ave Fenix Pictures Studios. Directed by Mirza Esho, ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’, follows an Italian American who is on the verge of losing his restaurant and wife to cancer. He becomes obsessed with a Middle Eastern immigrant on the path to achieve the American Dream and take over his restaurant. Ave Fenix Pictures Studios is co-founded by award-winning Mexican actress-producer Monica Esmeralda Leon, whose mission is to create films with a diverse-driven cast and crew. With COVID-19 protocols in place, ‘Where Sweet Dreams Die’ will begin filming this November in Chicago and New York. The

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 12, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Dahmer (2002)

Remember when mother fuckin’ Hawkeye played (literal) man-eater Jeffrey Dahmer? Yeah, me freakin’ either… but he did, so here we are! The long and the short of Dahmer goes as follows: going out of his way to prove he’s no Willy fuckin’ Wonka, chocolate factory worker Jeffrey Dahmer (Jeremy Renner) prowls Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for young male victims to turn into brain dead (and eventually dead dead) sexual playthings. Along the way, he reminisces about earlier murder biz, and his relationship with his pappy (Willard himself, Bruce Davison) who thinks something is off about his boy, but isn’t sure just what. It’s non-stop spills and thrills as we learn just what this serial killin’ scamp was up to before his ass got thrown in the hole forever and a day… Besides boasting a gritty, almost grindhouse style (in terms of aesthetic if not on screen carnage) the main draw to this flick is the performance of Renner who manages to make

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2020
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A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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Azura Skye Is Driven To The Brink Of Madness In ‘The Swerve’ Trailer

From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia, the medication for insomnia, the dreams from the medication for insomnia. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer/director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on mental illness. The Swerve

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
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Saddle Up, The Horror Western ‘The Pale Door’ Is Headed Your Way

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, along with Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, will release the horror-western The Pale Door ahead of Halloween. In the film, “the Dalton gang finds shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a train robbery goes south. Seeking help for their wounded leader, they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square. But the beautiful women who greet them are actually a coven of witches with very sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws – and the battle between good and evil is just beginning.” Directed by Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package) who also co-wrote the script with Cameron Burns (Camera Obscura) and Keith Lansdale (“Creepshow”), The Pale Door stars Devin Druid (“13 Reasons Why”), Zachary Knighton (“Happy Endings”), Noah Segan (Knives Out), Stan Shaw (The Monster Squad), Pat Healy (Cheap Thrills), Bill Sage (We Are What We Are), Melora Walters (“PEN15”, Magnolia)

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2020
Horror Fuel

New Art Revealed For Netflix’s ‘The Devil All The Time’ Teases A Dark Thriller

In an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves. From writer-director Antonio Campos and co-writer Paulo Campos comes The Devil All the Time, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel. The highly anticipated dark thriller is set in Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, where sinister characters – an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and a crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) – converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos‘ The Devil All the Time renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted. The all-star cast also includes Bill Skarsgård, Mia Wasikowska, Harry Melling, Haley Bennett, Jason Collett, and Pokey LaFarge. During our interview, actor

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ Uncut Invades Theaters This October

Neon’s sci-fi thriller Possessor, from the visionary mind of writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), is ready to invade your mind this October with its uncut version. The film “follows an elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough). Using brain transplant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a ming that threatens to obliterate her.” Riseborough stars alongside Jennifer Jason Lee, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Abbott, Kaniehtion Horn, Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Jacot, and Gabrielle Graham. This intense thrill-ride is produced by Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, and Andrew Starke. Possessor arrives in select theaters and drive-ins on October 9th, followed by its release on VOD and Digital on November 6th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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From The Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes The Supernatural Thriller ‘The Dark And The Wicked’ (Trailer)

Waking nightmares plaque a family struggling with their father’s illness in The Dark and The Wicked from The Strangers writer and director Bryan Bertino. “On a secluded farm, a man is slowly dying. Bedridden and fighting through his final breaths, his wife is slowly succumbing to overwhelming grief. To help their mother and say goodbye to their father, siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family farm. It doesn’t take long for them to see that something’s wrong with mom, though—something more than her heavy sorrow. Gradually, as their own grief mounts, Louise and Michael begin suffering from a darkness similar to their mother’s, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over their family.” Xander Berkeley also stars in The Dark and The Wicked whose new trailer teases a dark supernatual thriller, debuting in theaters, Digital , and On Demand November 6, 2020, from RLJE Films and Shudder.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Family’s Dark Secret Is Uncovered This October In ‘Broil’ (Trailer)

Well Go USA Entertainment is set to unleash the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin), just in time for Halloween. And we’ve got the new trailer that teases a beautifully dark film. 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 debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

First Look: A Dangerous Obsession Leads To Terror In IFC Midnight’s ‘Kindred’

Kindred, the new psychological thriller for IFC Midnight, now has a theatrical, Digital, and VOD release date. Rippling with suspense, Kindred follows vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother (Fiona Shaw) and her stepson (Jack Lowden), who seems increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte’s suspicions. This Joe Marcantonio directed film stars Fiona Show (Killing Eve), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Anton Lesser (“Game of Thrones”), and Tamara Lawrence (The Long Song). Kindred opens in theaters and arrives on On Demand, VOD, and on Digital November 6, 2020. Take a look at the first images from the film. .

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2020
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