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Emmy Award-Winning Cult Series "Doomsday" Premieres This March

Emmy Award-Winning Cult Series “Doomsday” Premieres This March

The premiere date has been announced for the Emmy Award-winning series “Doomsday” which follows the daily lives of the residents of a millennial cult, where youthful idealism evolves into deadly extremism and documents the eerie final months leading up to a horrific Jim Jones-style massacre. Alice Kremelberg (“The Sinner”), Donald Paul (“Queen of the South”), and Mark St. Cyr (Disney’s” High School Musical” Series) star. Creator Sonja O’Hara was inspired by being cast in Scientology instructional videos: “I became intrigued by the polarity between the public and private facades of secretive religious groups.” Entertainment Squad CEO, Shaked Berenson added: “drawing from her unique experience, Sonja explores topics of sexuality, identity, and gender in the most authentic and personal way.” “Doomsday” is executive produced by Karin Agstam and Vincent Petrosini with episodes directed by Sonja O’Hara, Micah Stuart, Jaspal Binning, Dan McBride, and Justin Holt. “Doomsday” was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program category, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Ethan Pettus' 'Primitive War' Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Ethan Pettus’ ‘Primitive War’ Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Movie Review: Barbarians Is A Fresh Take On Home Invasion Horror

Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’ Serves Up A New Trailer

IFC Midnight has just unleashed the trailer for the horror-thriller Barbarians, from writer-director Charles Dorfman, executive producer of Rabid, VFW, and Satanic Panic, who is making his feature directorial review. Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Tom Cullen (Weekend), and Inès Spiridonov (Seuls) star. “Set over twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), the property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but.” Barbarians will be unleashed in theaters and On Demand on April 1, 2022,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
"Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter" & "The Complete Saga" Conjure A March Release

“Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter” & “The Complete Saga” Conjure A March Release

Dazzler Media has now announced the release of the spellbinding series “Discovery of Witches: The Final Chapter” and “The Complete Saga” are both coming to Blu-ray, DVD & Download this March. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels, “A Discovery of Witches” is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans, including vampires, witches, and demons. The series centers on “brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) who is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly opens an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford’s Bodleian library, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery, and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode). Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures’ decline, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands – and their deepening relationship

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Movie Review: The Northman Is An Epic Tale Of Love And Revenge

Alexander Skarsgård Looks Ready For A Fight In New Images From ‘The Northman’

Focus Features has released several new photos via IGN from Robert Eggers‘ highly-anticipated film The Northman, including a new look at Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth. Eggers, who also directed the award-winning films The Witch and The Lighthouse, co-wrote the film with Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón. Skarsgård stars as Viking prince Amleth, who watches his father (Ethan Hawke) die after being betrayed by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang) who then takes Amleth’s mother (Nicole Kidman) prisoner. Amleth has spent his whole life repeating the mantra, “I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Nicole Kidman, and Willem Defoe (The Lighthouse) also star in this brutal epic tale. Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, and New Regency produce along with Focus Features. The Northman will arrive in theaters on April 8, 2022, from Universal Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Game Review: 'Martha Is Dead'

Game Review: ‘Martha Is Dead’

Wired Productions and LKA are back after the success of The Town of Light to bring players face to face with horrors of loss and war with their new dark psychological thriller Martha is Dead. The game recently made headlines as the game will be heavily modified for PlayStation due to some of the game’s content that’s been deemed too disturbing, luckily for you gorehounds, the copy I was sent is unaffected by the modifications! I want to thank Wired and LKA for the reviewing opportunity! Martha is Dead takes place in Italy in 1944 where players take on the role of Giulia, a young woman obsessed with a local legend surrounding the lake near her family’s vineyard. While trying to set up a camera to capture the ghost of a lady in white, Giulia finds her identical twin sister Martha in the lake dead and after recovering her body and through confusion, she assumes the identity of her now-dead

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 24, 2022
Hulu's Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Begins Production

Hulu’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Begins Production

There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Greece’s Horrorant Film Festival Returns to the Big Screen This May

New ‘Offseason’ Trailer Reveals A Dark Mystery And A Woman’s Fight For Survival

This March, a woman’s mission to uncover a mystery leads to a fight for survival in writer-director Mickey Keating‘s (Psychopaths) horror-thriller Offseason. In Offseason, “upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past to make it out alive.” Jocelin Donahue (Doctor Sleep) leads the cast that also includes Joe Swanberg (The Rental, “Easy”), Richard Brake (3 From Hell, Mandy), Melora Walters (The Pale Door, “Pen15”), and Jeremy Gardner (After Midnight, The Mind’s Eye) RLJE Films and Shudder  will release Offseason, whose trailer has just premiered on IGN, in theaters,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
People Are Used As Guinea Pigs In The Thriller 'Ultrasound' - Coming To DVD

This March ‘Ultrasound’ Explores Human Experimentation (Trailer)

Director Rob Schroeder makes his feature directorial debut with Ultrasound, a dark tale of human experimentation and questionable ethics, premiering this March. Starring Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Bob Stephenson, Brenda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, and Rainey Qualley, Ultrasound was written by Conor Stechschulte based on his comic book Generous Bosom. “Driving home late at night during a heavy rainstorm, Glen experiences car trouble. Near where his car gets stuck, he spots a house, knocks on the door, and is greeted by an oddly friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his younger wife, Cyndi. The strange couple pours him a drink, and then more drinks, followed by an unexpected offer that Glen can’t refuse. Elsewhere, a young woman, Katie, is feeling emotionally weighed down by a secret romantic arrangement that feels like a textbook case of gaslighting. And at the same time, in a nondescript research facility, medical professional Shannon begins questioning her role in a bizarre experiment, fearing that she’s doing more

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Dark Secrets Surround A Woman's Death In The 'Lost Angel' Trailer

Dark Secrets Surround A Woman’s Death In The ‘Lost Angel’ Trailer

Dark mysteries fill the trailer for director Simon Drake’s thriller Lost Angel, out this March from Left Films. In the indie film, when Lisa returns home to the small island of Newpoint after the mysterious death of her sister, she is drawn into a dangerous and unsettling quest to uncover the truth. As she begins to suspect sinister criminal underworld connections, she meets her only ally in her mission for justice — a charming man named Rich, who is hiding his dark secrets, and his role linking to her sister’s demise. Co-written by Drake and Louise Hume, the film stars Sascha Harman, Fintan Shevlin, Maggie Clune, Matthew Carrington, and Duncan Henderson. Lost Angel makes its debut on Digital and On-Demand on March 15, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 22, 2022

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Emmy Award-Winning Cult Series "Doomsday" Premieres This March

Emmy Award-Winning Cult Series “Doomsday” Premieres This March

The premiere date has been announced for the Emmy Award-winning series “Doomsday” which follows the daily lives of the residents of a millennial cult, where youthful idealism evolves into deadly extremism and documents the eerie final months leading up to a horrific Jim Jones-style massacre. Alice Kremelberg (“The Sinner”), Donald Paul (“Queen of the South”), and Mark St. Cyr (Disney’s” High School Musical” Series) star. Creator Sonja O’Hara was inspired by being cast in Scientology instructional videos: “I became intrigued by the polarity between the public and private facades of secretive religious groups.” Entertainment Squad CEO, Shaked Berenson added: “drawing from her unique experience, Sonja explores topics of sexuality, identity, and gender in the most authentic and personal way.” “Doomsday” is executive produced by Karin Agstam and Vincent Petrosini with episodes directed by Sonja O’Hara, Micah Stuart, Jaspal Binning, Dan McBride, and Justin Holt. “Doomsday” was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program category, the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Ethan Pettus' 'Primitive War' Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Ethan Pettus’ ‘Primitive War’ Getting A Feature Film Adaptation

Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
Movie Review: Barbarians Is A Fresh Take On Home Invasion Horror

Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’ Serves Up A New Trailer

IFC Midnight has just unleashed the trailer for the horror-thriller Barbarians, from writer-director Charles Dorfman, executive producer of Rabid, VFW, and Satanic Panic, who is making his feature directorial review. Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Tom Cullen (Weekend), and Inès Spiridonov (Seuls) star. “Set over twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), the property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything but.” Barbarians will be unleashed in theaters and On Demand on April 1, 2022,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2022
"Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter" & "The Complete Saga" Conjure A March Release

“Discovery Of Witches: The Final Chapter” & “The Complete Saga” Conjure A March Release

Dazzler Media has now announced the release of the spellbinding series “Discovery of Witches: The Final Chapter” and “The Complete Saga” are both coming to Blu-ray, DVD & Download this March. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels, “A Discovery of Witches” is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans, including vampires, witches, and demons. The series centers on “brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) who is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly opens an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford’s Bodleian library, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery, and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode). Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures’ decline, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands – and their deepening relationship

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Movie Review: The Northman Is An Epic Tale Of Love And Revenge

Alexander Skarsgård Looks Ready For A Fight In New Images From ‘The Northman’

Focus Features has released several new photos via IGN from Robert Eggers‘ highly-anticipated film The Northman, including a new look at Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth. Eggers, who also directed the award-winning films The Witch and The Lighthouse, co-wrote the film with Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón. Skarsgård stars as Viking prince Amleth, who watches his father (Ethan Hawke) die after being betrayed by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang) who then takes Amleth’s mother (Nicole Kidman) prisoner. Amleth has spent his whole life repeating the mantra, “I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Nicole Kidman, and Willem Defoe (The Lighthouse) also star in this brutal epic tale. Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, and New Regency produce along with Focus Features. The Northman will arrive in theaters on April 8, 2022, from Universal Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Game Review: 'Martha Is Dead'

Game Review: ‘Martha Is Dead’

Wired Productions and LKA are back after the success of The Town of Light to bring players face to face with horrors of loss and war with their new dark psychological thriller Martha is Dead. The game recently made headlines as the game will be heavily modified for PlayStation due to some of the game’s content that’s been deemed too disturbing, luckily for you gorehounds, the copy I was sent is unaffected by the modifications! I want to thank Wired and LKA for the reviewing opportunity! Martha is Dead takes place in Italy in 1944 where players take on the role of Giulia, a young woman obsessed with a local legend surrounding the lake near her family’s vineyard. While trying to set up a camera to capture the ghost of a lady in white, Giulia finds her identical twin sister Martha in the lake dead and after recovering her body and through confusion, she assumes the identity of her now-dead

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 24, 2022
Hulu's Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Begins Production

Hulu’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Begins Production

There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2022
Greece’s Horrorant Film Festival Returns to the Big Screen This May

New ‘Offseason’ Trailer Reveals A Dark Mystery And A Woman’s Fight For Survival

This March, a woman’s mission to uncover a mystery leads to a fight for survival in writer-director Mickey Keating‘s (Psychopaths) horror-thriller Offseason. In Offseason, “upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past to make it out alive.” Jocelin Donahue (Doctor Sleep) leads the cast that also includes Joe Swanberg (The Rental, “Easy”), Richard Brake (3 From Hell, Mandy), Melora Walters (The Pale Door, “Pen15”), and Jeremy Gardner (After Midnight, The Mind’s Eye) RLJE Films and Shudder  will release Offseason, whose trailer has just premiered on IGN, in theaters,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
People Are Used As Guinea Pigs In The Thriller 'Ultrasound' - Coming To DVD

This March ‘Ultrasound’ Explores Human Experimentation (Trailer)

Director Rob Schroeder makes his feature directorial debut with Ultrasound, a dark tale of human experimentation and questionable ethics, premiering this March. Starring Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Bob Stephenson, Brenda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, and Rainey Qualley, Ultrasound was written by Conor Stechschulte based on his comic book Generous Bosom. “Driving home late at night during a heavy rainstorm, Glen experiences car trouble. Near where his car gets stuck, he spots a house, knocks on the door, and is greeted by an oddly friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his younger wife, Cyndi. The strange couple pours him a drink, and then more drinks, followed by an unexpected offer that Glen can’t refuse. Elsewhere, a young woman, Katie, is feeling emotionally weighed down by a secret romantic arrangement that feels like a textbook case of gaslighting. And at the same time, in a nondescript research facility, medical professional Shannon begins questioning her role in a bizarre experiment, fearing that she’s doing more

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2022
Dark Secrets Surround A Woman's Death In The 'Lost Angel' Trailer

Dark Secrets Surround A Woman’s Death In The ‘Lost Angel’ Trailer

Dark mysteries fill the trailer for director Simon Drake’s thriller Lost Angel, out this March from Left Films. In the indie film, when Lisa returns home to the small island of Newpoint after the mysterious death of her sister, she is drawn into a dangerous and unsettling quest to uncover the truth. As she begins to suspect sinister criminal underworld connections, she meets her only ally in her mission for justice — a charming man named Rich, who is hiding his dark secrets, and his role linking to her sister’s demise. Co-written by Drake and Louise Hume, the film stars Sascha Harman, Fintan Shevlin, Maggie Clune, Matthew Carrington, and Duncan Henderson. Lost Angel makes its debut on Digital and On-Demand on March 15, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 22, 2022
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