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Indican Pictures’ latest release is the indie thriller Made Me Do It, a psychological look at the creation of a serial killer. Made Me Do It, takes a first-hand look at a troubled slasher villain. ‘ Shot almost completely with practical effects, the film from director Benjamin Ironside Koppin stars Anna B. Shaffer (“Strange Angel”), Kyle Van Vonderern (“Death Lust”), Cortney Palm, and Jason Gregory London. “Thomas Berkson (Vonderen) is the portrait of a tortured soul. Abused and rejected, Thomas has only one outlet left – murder! Encouraged by the voices in his head, Thomas seeks out victim after victim as his crimes become ever more bloody. Now, he has targeted Ali (Shaffer) and her family. And, this confrontation will leave everyone scarred.” Made Me Do It will host its theatrical release, today, in Los Angeles followed by its arrival on DVD and Digital platforms. In LA, this title will have at least seven showings, at the Arena Theater and
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British action star Scott Adkins (Accident Man, Doctor Strange) is back and out on bad behavior in Avengement, set to be released this July. In the film, “while granted leave from prison, a lowly criminal (Adkins) evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It’s an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.” Craig Fairbrass (Rise of the Footsoldier), Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank), and Louis Mandylor (The Debt Collector) co-star in this violent, action-packed revenge film from director Jesse V. Johnson (Triple Threat, Accident Man). Dazzler Media presents Avengement, arriving on digital June 17th, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on July 1, 2019. Pre-order your copy now on Amazon.
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Netflix announced the premiere date for season four of “Lucifer” in a HOT new jaw-dropping teaser trailer featuring a shirtless Tom Ellis emerging from a pool in slow motion (*swoons). Season three ended with a cliffhanger, Detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) realizing that her partner is exactly who he has been claiming to be all along after seeing his true face for the first time. Season four picks up with Chloe reeling from her discovery. Lucifer will face a challenge of his own when Eve (Inbar Lavi) shows up leaving him wondering if she’s out for revenge for the fall of the Garden of Eden or if her arrival means something else. Based on the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman, the series stars Ellis as the oh so charming devil who has left hell and moved to LA where he has opened a night club. When he’s not partying Lucifer works with the police department solving crime along with his
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John Noble (“Fringe”, “Elementary”), Rupert Graves (“Sherlock”, The Madness of King George) and Melina Matthews (Mama) star in the mystery thriller Silencio, arriving on home video on VOD and DVD this May. “A carefully underplayed sci-fi time displacement drama in the realm of The Butterfly Effect and Quantum Leap” (Starburst), Silencio fixes on a factual mystical marvel in the heart of Mexico that charges a young psychiatrist the mission of unraveling a real-life X-File! In order to save her son’s life, Ana must find a powerful stone. Her grandfather originally discovered it in the Zone of Silence, the Bermuda Triangle of Mexico. Throughout her desperate search, Ana stumbles upon family secrets and enemies who believe the stone’s power is worth killing for. From visionary filmmaker Lorena Villarreal, Silencio arrives on VOD and DVD on May 14, 2019, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Rachel (Charlie Blackwood) and Matt Hopkins (Scott Vickers, who also wrote and directed the film) becoming stranded in the Scottish countryside after havin’ a slow speed run-in with a rando tree. Soon our heroes find themselves at a secluded farm owned by Bob and Agnes Fairbairn (Alan Cuthbert and Julie Hannan respectively) who offer them shelter for the night while being mega-creepy infatuated with Rachel’s pregnancy. Speaking of “mega-creepy”, Rachel and Matt discover that the Fairbairn’s daughter Faith (Briony Monroe) is actually Ellie Adams, a child that went missing years before…in fact all of the family’s children once belonged to someone else…and now they want Rachel’s unborn son to add to their unholy brood! Matriarch took me by surprise…I expected some sort of uncomfortable, pregnancy based torture porn affair, but instead I got a flick balls deep in atmosphere, tone, and world building…though the “uncomfortable” element does come into play…but more on that in a bit. Set among rolling pastoral
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As The Haunting of Sharon Tate begins, the titular character (Hilary Duff) relates to an unseen interviewer that she has been having visions of her own demise…and we just know how this is going to go…because, you know, that shit actually happened…well, maybe not the visions…anyway… So long story short; Tate and her pals stylist Jay Sebring (Jonathan Bennett), coffee heiress Abigail Folger (Lydia Hearst), and European Lothario Wojciech Frykowski (Pawel Szajda)…but not Tate’s husband; world class pedo and philanderer Roman Polanski…take up residence at a rented home where they shoot the shit, play some occult board game (which looks totally rad as all fuck bee tee dubs), and get menaced superficially by some weirdos…well superficially at first, because we all know that Chuck Manson and the fam are going to be turning up the heat and the murder biz right quick! The bottom line with a flick like this is; just how tacky will the production be? I mean,
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Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman is headlining Netflix’s latest horror project, the 10-episode series “Chambers” that puts a supernatural spin on the world of organ donors. And we have the first images to share with you. Therman stars as Nacy Lefevre, the mother of a heart transplant donor. Nancy wants to get to the bottom of her daughter’s death, as the recipient (Sivan Alyra Rose) begins to take on some troubling characteristics of the person whose organ she now depends on. Tony Goldwyn stars as Nancy’s husband Ben, who has a stake in a new-age spiritual center called the Annex Foundation and finds new devotion in the wake of their loss. The series’ creator Leah Rachel, described Chambers as: “Taking place in a mystic, New Age pocket of Arizona, Chambers is a psychological horror story that explores the different ways we metabolize trauma. But what starts out as a grounded human story eventually pivots into something far more strange and
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Larry (Keir O’Donnell); a neurotic, extremely germophobic man, on the road to a wedding he has no desire to attend, books a room at the seedy Pink Motel and Lounge where the establishments bartender cum receptionist Chester (Hayes MacArthur) continuously engages him in bouts of April Fools ballbustery. Anyway, Larry eventually checks in and heads to his room to have a wank at photos of the bride to be (which someone films from the ventilation duct above). You see, our hero had a past relationship with the bride…a rather bad one…and while Chester fucks with him, he in turn trolls the bride’s wedding website incessantly under an online alias. Things escalate….especially after Larry’s sister, Rachel (Jessica McNamee), arrives…and Chester’s nonsense grows ever more bizarre and dangerous, but at the same time he seems like a likable enough dude; just a bit much to take…but looks can be deceiving and before long our protagonist’s must decide what is real and what
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Principal production has begun in New York on the horror thriller, Trick. The Patrick Lussier-helmed feature is now shooting with Omar Epps starring as Detective Mike Denver, a man obsessed with a killer that has eluded him. Epps has starred in over 20 films in a career spanning two decades. Most recently, he starred on USA Network’s “Shooter” and 2018’s hit film Traffik alongside Paula Patton. Producer Ellen Wander, (Misconduct, Spinning Man, Misconduct, Marshall) stated, “We are thrilled to get into production with Omar and Patrick and can’t wait to have this film be seen by audiences everywhere.“ The story centers on an elusive serial killer, who descends upon a small town annually. He is responsible for gruesome murders year after year, each seemingly unrelated. No one believes this could be the same killer. Detective Denver has faced Trick once before, having -shot and killed him. Or so everyone keeps telling him. However, Denver knows Trick is still out there,
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Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber opens in select theaters and arrives on VOD on March 29, 2019, from Dark Sky Films.
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Indican Pictures’ latest release is the indie thriller Made Me Do It, a psychological look at the creation of a serial killer. Made Me Do It, takes a first-hand look at a troubled slasher villain. ‘ Shot almost completely with practical effects, the film from director Benjamin Ironside Koppin stars Anna B. Shaffer (“Strange Angel”), Kyle Van Vonderern (“Death Lust”), Cortney Palm, and Jason Gregory London. “Thomas Berkson (Vonderen) is the portrait of a tortured soul. Abused and rejected, Thomas has only one outlet left – murder! Encouraged by the voices in his head, Thomas seeks out victim after victim as his crimes become ever more bloody. Now, he has targeted Ali (Shaffer) and her family. And, this confrontation will leave everyone scarred.” Made Me Do It will host its theatrical release, today, in Los Angeles followed by its arrival on DVD and Digital platforms. In LA, this title will have at least seven showings, at the Arena Theater and
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British action star Scott Adkins (Accident Man, Doctor Strange) is back and out on bad behavior in Avengement, set to be released this July. In the film, “while granted leave from prison, a lowly criminal (Adkins) evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It’s an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.” Craig Fairbrass (Rise of the Footsoldier), Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank), and Louis Mandylor (The Debt Collector) co-star in this violent, action-packed revenge film from director Jesse V. Johnson (Triple Threat, Accident Man). Dazzler Media presents Avengement, arriving on digital June 17th, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on July 1, 2019. Pre-order your copy now on Amazon.
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Netflix announced the premiere date for season four of “Lucifer” in a HOT new jaw-dropping teaser trailer featuring a shirtless Tom Ellis emerging from a pool in slow motion (*swoons). Season three ended with a cliffhanger, Detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) realizing that her partner is exactly who he has been claiming to be all along after seeing his true face for the first time. Season four picks up with Chloe reeling from her discovery. Lucifer will face a challenge of his own when Eve (Inbar Lavi) shows up leaving him wondering if she’s out for revenge for the fall of the Garden of Eden or if her arrival means something else. Based on the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman, the series stars Ellis as the oh so charming devil who has left hell and moved to LA where he has opened a night club. When he’s not partying Lucifer works with the police department solving crime along with his
Continue reading →
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John Noble (“Fringe”, “Elementary”), Rupert Graves (“Sherlock”, The Madness of King George) and Melina Matthews (Mama) star in the mystery thriller Silencio, arriving on home video on VOD and DVD this May. “A carefully underplayed sci-fi time displacement drama in the realm of The Butterfly Effect and Quantum Leap” (Starburst), Silencio fixes on a factual mystical marvel in the heart of Mexico that charges a young psychiatrist the mission of unraveling a real-life X-File! In order to save her son’s life, Ana must find a powerful stone. Her grandfather originally discovered it in the Zone of Silence, the Bermuda Triangle of Mexico. Throughout her desperate search, Ana stumbles upon family secrets and enemies who believe the stone’s power is worth killing for. From visionary filmmaker Lorena Villarreal, Silencio arrives on VOD and DVD on May 14, 2019, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Rachel (Charlie Blackwood) and Matt Hopkins (Scott Vickers, who also wrote and directed the film) becoming stranded in the Scottish countryside after havin’ a slow speed run-in with a rando tree. Soon our heroes find themselves at a secluded farm owned by Bob and Agnes Fairbairn (Alan Cuthbert and Julie Hannan respectively) who offer them shelter for the night while being mega-creepy infatuated with Rachel’s pregnancy. Speaking of “mega-creepy”, Rachel and Matt discover that the Fairbairn’s daughter Faith (Briony Monroe) is actually Ellie Adams, a child that went missing years before…in fact all of the family’s children once belonged to someone else…and now they want Rachel’s unborn son to add to their unholy brood! Matriarch took me by surprise…I expected some sort of uncomfortable, pregnancy based torture porn affair, but instead I got a flick balls deep in atmosphere, tone, and world building…though the “uncomfortable” element does come into play…but more on that in a bit. Set among rolling pastoral
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As The Haunting of Sharon Tate begins, the titular character (Hilary Duff) relates to an unseen interviewer that she has been having visions of her own demise…and we just know how this is going to go…because, you know, that shit actually happened…well, maybe not the visions…anyway… So long story short; Tate and her pals stylist Jay Sebring (Jonathan Bennett), coffee heiress Abigail Folger (Lydia Hearst), and European Lothario Wojciech Frykowski (Pawel Szajda)…but not Tate’s husband; world class pedo and philanderer Roman Polanski…take up residence at a rented home where they shoot the shit, play some occult board game (which looks totally rad as all fuck bee tee dubs), and get menaced superficially by some weirdos…well superficially at first, because we all know that Chuck Manson and the fam are going to be turning up the heat and the murder biz right quick! The bottom line with a flick like this is; just how tacky will the production be? I mean,
Continue reading →
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Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman is headlining Netflix’s latest horror project, the 10-episode series “Chambers” that puts a supernatural spin on the world of organ donors. And we have the first images to share with you. Therman stars as Nacy Lefevre, the mother of a heart transplant donor. Nancy wants to get to the bottom of her daughter’s death, as the recipient (Sivan Alyra Rose) begins to take on some troubling characteristics of the person whose organ she now depends on. Tony Goldwyn stars as Nancy’s husband Ben, who has a stake in a new-age spiritual center called the Annex Foundation and finds new devotion in the wake of their loss. The series’ creator Leah Rachel, described Chambers as: “Taking place in a mystic, New Age pocket of Arizona, Chambers is a psychological horror story that explores the different ways we metabolize trauma. But what starts out as a grounded human story eventually pivots into something far more strange and
Continue reading →
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Larry (Keir O’Donnell); a neurotic, extremely germophobic man, on the road to a wedding he has no desire to attend, books a room at the seedy Pink Motel and Lounge where the establishments bartender cum receptionist Chester (Hayes MacArthur) continuously engages him in bouts of April Fools ballbustery. Anyway, Larry eventually checks in and heads to his room to have a wank at photos of the bride to be (which someone films from the ventilation duct above). You see, our hero had a past relationship with the bride…a rather bad one…and while Chester fucks with him, he in turn trolls the bride’s wedding website incessantly under an online alias. Things escalate….especially after Larry’s sister, Rachel (Jessica McNamee), arrives…and Chester’s nonsense grows ever more bizarre and dangerous, but at the same time he seems like a likable enough dude; just a bit much to take…but looks can be deceiving and before long our protagonist’s must decide what is real and what
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Principal production has begun in New York on the horror thriller, Trick. The Patrick Lussier-helmed feature is now shooting with Omar Epps starring as Detective Mike Denver, a man obsessed with a killer that has eluded him. Epps has starred in over 20 films in a career spanning two decades. Most recently, he starred on USA Network’s “Shooter” and 2018’s hit film Traffik alongside Paula Patton. Producer Ellen Wander, (Misconduct, Spinning Man, Misconduct, Marshall) stated, “We are thrilled to get into production with Omar and Patrick and can’t wait to have this film be seen by audiences everywhere.“ The story centers on an elusive serial killer, who descends upon a small town annually. He is responsible for gruesome murders year after year, each seemingly unrelated. No one believes this could be the same killer. Detective Denver has faced Trick once before, having -shot and killed him. Or so everyone keeps telling him. However, Denver knows Trick is still out there,
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Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber opens in select theaters and arrives on VOD on March 29, 2019, from Dark Sky Films.
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