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Blu-ray Review: The Leopard Man (1943)

Kiki Walker (Jean Brooks) is losing her audience at the New Mexico club in which she performs to a Latin dancer named Clo-Clo (Margo), so her manager, Jerry (Dennis O’Keefe), gets the shit-hot idea to add a leopard into her act…and seriously, what could go wrong shoving a large, angry cat into a noisy room of half-drunk folks? Naturally, the answer to that is everything, as Kiki’s rival spooks the beast which exits stage left and goes on a maul-spree around the countryside…but there may be more to the killings than appears on the surface. Filled with a nice sense of mounting tension, creepy atmospherics (no surprise with the legendary Val Lewton serving as producer of the film), and even a dash of mystery, The Leopard Man is a damn solid low-budget shocker. O’Keefe makes for a fine square-jawed hero, the supporting players are charismatic and their characters have surprising depth (especially Margo’s Clo-Clo who has aspirations of wealth and

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DanXIII
Jul 6, 2019
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Barbara Crampton Talks “Into The Dark: Culture Shock” And Issues It Raises About Immigration

Scream Queen Barabra Crampton (You’re Next, Chopping Mall, Re-Animator) and I sat down to discuss her role in “Into the Dark’s” July episode “Culture Shock”. “Culture Shock” follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare. The episode also stars Martha Higareda (Altered Carbon and No Maches Frida), Richard Cabral (Mayans MC and American Crime), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), and Creed Bratton (The Office). Horror Fuel: “First let me confess, I love Chopping Mall.” Barbara Crampton: “Oh (laughter)! Oh my god, so many people tell me that. It’s fun, right?” Horror Fuel: “It is. What’s it like to be part of such amazing classics, like Chopping Mall, Re-Animator, From Beyond?” Barbara Crampton: “Well, they’ve only become classics in the past number of years. When we made them, we were just trying to make the best movie possible that we could. You know, some of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2019
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Two New ‘Crawl’ Clips Urge You To Stay Out Of The Water

Sink your teeth into two new intense clips from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) Crawl, produced by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead), opening in theaters this month. “When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.” Crawl opens in theaters on July 12, 2019. Stay out of the water #CrawlMovie pic.twitter.com/YEtp5jhU2m — Paramount Pictures (@ParamountIRL) July 1, 2019

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2019
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Kidnap Thriller 3 Lives Unleashes New Trailer

15 years after she was attacked, Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart) comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness – in Julianne Block’s nail-biting 3 Lives premiering on DVD and Digital this August from High Octane Pictures. In the film, “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2019
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Murder Mystery Knives Out Features An All Star Cast (Trailer)

Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in Knives Out, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death. With an all-star ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Jaeden Martell, Knives Outis a witty and stylish whodunit guaranteed to keep audiences guessing until the very end.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2019
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Season Two Premiere Of “Mindhunter” Confirmed

We have news for fans of Netflix’s crime series “Mindhunter“. During a recent episode of the “Howard Stern Show” executive producer Charlize Theron revealed that the second season will premiere this August. The network renewed the hit series back in November of 2017, but things have been quiet so far, with few details revealed. We do know that Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany are returning for season 2 which will involve the infamous Atlanta child murders. The killings took place between 1979 and 1981 and claimed the lives of 28 victims who were children, teens, and young adult all of African American descent. Wayne Williams was arrested and convicted for the murder of two adults but has since been linked to the child murders. It has been rumored that Charles Manson will also make an appearance during the eight-episode season. Reportedly Damon Herriman is set to play the cult leader. Herriman also plays Manson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 30, 2019
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Thriller ‘Mirage’ Now Available On Pre-Order

Mirage, from writer-director Christophe Beaucourt, comes the new thriller from Summer Hill Entertainment and Dreamscape Media stars Charles Sereis, Jeremie Haik, and Taga Addams. The film centers on Charlie, a desperate photographer without any money, work and home, who is suffering from a serious eye disease that causes hallucinations. He’s slowly losing his sight and has an urgent need for money to get surgery. In exchange for paying for the surgical operation, his friend Tony, ruined by an unsuccessful attempt to cure his wife’s orphan disease, tries to convince Charlie to euthanize her, anxious as he is to recover her life insurance. Without any hope, Charlie ends up agreeing to kill her by simulating a burglary that goes wrong. He quickly finds himself confronting the borders of reality. Mirage will be released on July 16th, but you can pre-order your copy now on Amazon Prime.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2019
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Into The Dark’s “Culture Shock” Features A Terrifying Tale Of Immigration

“Into the Dark” is gearing up to release its next installment, July’s “Culture Shock“, an episode that makes a social statement about immigration with a horror twist. Martha Higareda (Altered Carbon and No Maches Frida), Richard Cabral (Mayans MC and American Crime), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), and Creed Bratton (The Office) star. The episode was directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero and written by Efren Hernandez & James Benson and Gigi Saul Guerrero. “Culture Shock” follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare. “Into the Dark: Culture Shock” premieres on Hulu Thursday, July 4th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2019
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Joe Zanetti’s Killbird Screening At Dances With Films Festival

Joe Zanetti‘s makes his directorial debut with his conspiracy thriller Killbird, officially selected for competition at the Dances With Films Festival and will screen on June 23nd, at 12:30 pm at the iconic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. It’s a film that gives the viewer a punch to the gut”, says director, co-writer and co-producer, Joe Zanetti. “It’s meant to shock, it’s meant to raise questions – what is truth? Where is individual agency in our times, and who can we trust?” Elysia Rotaru (Arrow, Supernatural), Stephen Lobo (Continuum, Smallville), Aaron Douglas (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Imposters, Battlestar Galactica), and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Man of Steel) star. “In search of help on a birdwatching trip gone wrong, Taylor Crane (Elysia Rotaru) comes across a remote cabin where she meets Riad Bishara (Stephen Lobo), a recluse supposedly on the run from the CIA. Paranoid and seemingly unstable, Riad soon concludes that Taylor is a government agent and holds her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2019
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‘The Intruder’ Breaking Onto Digital And Blu-ray This July

When a young couple buys their dream home it quickly turns into a nightmare in The Intruder coming to Digital and Blu-ray this July. Starring Michael Ealy (Barber Shop), Meagan Good (The Unborn), and Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) and directed by Deon Taylor (Meet the Blacks), the thriller follows Scott and Annie, a young married couple who buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, thinking it is the ideal place to start a family. When the strangely attached seller (Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale. Joseph Sikora, Alvina August, Lili Sepe, Lee Shorten, and Carolyn Anderson co-star in this intense thriller. Roxanne Avent, Deon Taylor, Mark Burg, Jonathan Schwartz, and Brad Kaplan produced the film written by David Loughery (Lakeview Terrace). Robert F. Smith, David Guillod, and David Loughery executive produced. The Intruder arrives on Digital July 16th followed by its Blu-ray and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2019

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Blu-ray Review: The Leopard Man (1943)

Kiki Walker (Jean Brooks) is losing her audience at the New Mexico club in which she performs to a Latin dancer named Clo-Clo (Margo), so her manager, Jerry (Dennis O’Keefe), gets the shit-hot idea to add a leopard into her act…and seriously, what could go wrong shoving a large, angry cat into a noisy room of half-drunk folks? Naturally, the answer to that is everything, as Kiki’s rival spooks the beast which exits stage left and goes on a maul-spree around the countryside…but there may be more to the killings than appears on the surface. Filled with a nice sense of mounting tension, creepy atmospherics (no surprise with the legendary Val Lewton serving as producer of the film), and even a dash of mystery, The Leopard Man is a damn solid low-budget shocker. O’Keefe makes for a fine square-jawed hero, the supporting players are charismatic and their characters have surprising depth (especially Margo’s Clo-Clo who has aspirations of wealth and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 6, 2019
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Barbara Crampton Talks “Into The Dark: Culture Shock” And Issues It Raises About Immigration

Scream Queen Barabra Crampton (You’re Next, Chopping Mall, Re-Animator) and I sat down to discuss her role in “Into the Dark’s” July episode “Culture Shock”. “Culture Shock” follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare. The episode also stars Martha Higareda (Altered Carbon and No Maches Frida), Richard Cabral (Mayans MC and American Crime), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), and Creed Bratton (The Office). Horror Fuel: “First let me confess, I love Chopping Mall.” Barbara Crampton: “Oh (laughter)! Oh my god, so many people tell me that. It’s fun, right?” Horror Fuel: “It is. What’s it like to be part of such amazing classics, like Chopping Mall, Re-Animator, From Beyond?” Barbara Crampton: “Well, they’ve only become classics in the past number of years. When we made them, we were just trying to make the best movie possible that we could. You know, some of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2019
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Two New ‘Crawl’ Clips Urge You To Stay Out Of The Water

Sink your teeth into two new intense clips from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) Crawl, produced by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead), opening in theaters this month. “When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.” Crawl opens in theaters on July 12, 2019. Stay out of the water #CrawlMovie pic.twitter.com/YEtp5jhU2m — Paramount Pictures (@ParamountIRL) July 1, 2019

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 4, 2019
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Kidnap Thriller 3 Lives Unleashes New Trailer

15 years after she was attacked, Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart) comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness – in Julianne Block’s nail-biting 3 Lives premiering on DVD and Digital this August from High Octane Pictures. In the film, “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2019
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Murder Mystery Knives Out Features An All Star Cast (Trailer)

Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in Knives Out, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death. With an all-star ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Jaeden Martell, Knives Outis a witty and stylish whodunit guaranteed to keep audiences guessing until the very end.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2019
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Season Two Premiere Of “Mindhunter” Confirmed

We have news for fans of Netflix’s crime series “Mindhunter“. During a recent episode of the “Howard Stern Show” executive producer Charlize Theron revealed that the second season will premiere this August. The network renewed the hit series back in November of 2017, but things have been quiet so far, with few details revealed. We do know that Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany are returning for season 2 which will involve the infamous Atlanta child murders. The killings took place between 1979 and 1981 and claimed the lives of 28 victims who were children, teens, and young adult all of African American descent. Wayne Williams was arrested and convicted for the murder of two adults but has since been linked to the child murders. It has been rumored that Charles Manson will also make an appearance during the eight-episode season. Reportedly Damon Herriman is set to play the cult leader. Herriman also plays Manson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 30, 2019
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Thriller ‘Mirage’ Now Available On Pre-Order

Mirage, from writer-director Christophe Beaucourt, comes the new thriller from Summer Hill Entertainment and Dreamscape Media stars Charles Sereis, Jeremie Haik, and Taga Addams. The film centers on Charlie, a desperate photographer without any money, work and home, who is suffering from a serious eye disease that causes hallucinations. He’s slowly losing his sight and has an urgent need for money to get surgery. In exchange for paying for the surgical operation, his friend Tony, ruined by an unsuccessful attempt to cure his wife’s orphan disease, tries to convince Charlie to euthanize her, anxious as he is to recover her life insurance. Without any hope, Charlie ends up agreeing to kill her by simulating a burglary that goes wrong. He quickly finds himself confronting the borders of reality. Mirage will be released on July 16th, but you can pre-order your copy now on Amazon Prime.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2019
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Into The Dark’s “Culture Shock” Features A Terrifying Tale Of Immigration

“Into the Dark” is gearing up to release its next installment, July’s “Culture Shock“, an episode that makes a social statement about immigration with a horror twist. Martha Higareda (Altered Carbon and No Maches Frida), Richard Cabral (Mayans MC and American Crime), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), and Creed Bratton (The Office) star. The episode was directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero and written by Efren Hernandez & James Benson and Gigi Saul Guerrero. “Culture Shock” follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare. “Into the Dark: Culture Shock” premieres on Hulu Thursday, July 4th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2019
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Joe Zanetti’s Killbird Screening At Dances With Films Festival

Joe Zanetti‘s makes his directorial debut with his conspiracy thriller Killbird, officially selected for competition at the Dances With Films Festival and will screen on June 23nd, at 12:30 pm at the iconic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. It’s a film that gives the viewer a punch to the gut”, says director, co-writer and co-producer, Joe Zanetti. “It’s meant to shock, it’s meant to raise questions – what is truth? Where is individual agency in our times, and who can we trust?” Elysia Rotaru (Arrow, Supernatural), Stephen Lobo (Continuum, Smallville), Aaron Douglas (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Imposters, Battlestar Galactica), and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Man of Steel) star. “In search of help on a birdwatching trip gone wrong, Taylor Crane (Elysia Rotaru) comes across a remote cabin where she meets Riad Bishara (Stephen Lobo), a recluse supposedly on the run from the CIA. Paranoid and seemingly unstable, Riad soon concludes that Taylor is a government agent and holds her

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2019
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‘The Intruder’ Breaking Onto Digital And Blu-ray This July

When a young couple buys their dream home it quickly turns into a nightmare in The Intruder coming to Digital and Blu-ray this July. Starring Michael Ealy (Barber Shop), Meagan Good (The Unborn), and Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) and directed by Deon Taylor (Meet the Blacks), the thriller follows Scott and Annie, a young married couple who buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, thinking it is the ideal place to start a family. When the strangely attached seller (Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale. Joseph Sikora, Alvina August, Lili Sepe, Lee Shorten, and Carolyn Anderson co-star in this intense thriller. Roxanne Avent, Deon Taylor, Mark Burg, Jonathan Schwartz, and Brad Kaplan produced the film written by David Loughery (Lakeview Terrace). Robert F. Smith, David Guillod, and David Loughery executive produced. The Intruder arrives on Digital July 16th followed by its Blu-ray and DVD

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2019
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