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Survival Thriller ‘Rust Creek’ Opens In Theaters This January (Trailer)

This January a young woman must fight to survive in the award-winning film Rust Creek, directed by Jen McGowan and starring Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi). In the film, “an ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey in this harrowing survival thriller. Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods. Suddenly, the young woman with everything to live for finds herself facing her own mortality as she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Lowell (Jay Paulson), an enigmatic loner with shadowy intentions. Though she’s not sure she can trust him, Sawyer must take a chance if she hopes to escape Rust Creek alive. Sean O’Bryan, Micah Hauptman, and Daniel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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‘Venom’ Comes Home This December (New Trailer)

This December bring home one of Marvel’s coolest and most badass movies, Venom, debuting on Digital, followed by its arrival on Blu-ray. The blockbuster directed by Ruben Fleisher (Zombieland) stars Tom Hardy (“Taboo”, Mad Max: Fury Road) and grossed over $822 million in theaters worldwide. The all-star cast also includes Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Riz Ahmed (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, TV’s “The Night Of”), Jenny Slate (Zootopia), and Woody Harrelson (Zombieland, The Hunger Games franchise). The perfect holiday gift, Venom tells “the evolution story of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass character Venom! Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is a broken man after he loses everything including his job and fiancee. Just when his life is at its lowest, he becomes host to an alien symbiote which results in extraordinary superpowers – transforming him into Venom. Will these powers be enough for this new lethal protector to defeat great evil forces, especially against the far stronger and more

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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Zoey Deutch Joins The Cast Of Zombieland 2

After 10 years, Zombieland 2 is really happening! This is not a drill! News has come today, via Deadline, that Vampire Academy actress Zoey Deutch will be starring along with returning cast members Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin. Reportedly Deutch will be playing the role of Eisenberg’s love interest. Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom) will be returning to the director’s chair for the sequel written by the original film’s scribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, who are also serving as executive producers. Gavin Polone will once again be producing. In Zombieland 2 the group must face many kinds of new zombies as well as other survivors. As if the evolving zombies aren’t enough, the group must face growing pains within their strange little family. Zombieland 2 begins shooting early in next year and will open in theaters on October 11, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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Jordan Peele’s Candyman “Reimagining” Gets A Release Date

Jordan Peele (Get Out) is ready to chant Candyman…Candyman…That’s right, the brilliant mind that brought us Get Out is remaking the classic. MGM has announced that they are partnering with Peele’s Monkeypaw Production and Win Rosenfeld to produce the re-imagining of Candyman, inspired by Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is set to direct from the screenplay penned by Peele and Rosenfeld. Described as a “spiritual sequel” the film returns to the same neighborhood where the legend began. The film will take place in the now gentrified area in Chicago that has replaced the housing projects known as Cabrini-Green. There is no word yet if Tony Todd will reprise his role as Candyman. MGM will produce as well as finance the film with Universal distributing. Candyman is set to begin production in 2019 and will open in theaters on June 12, 2020. In the meantime, check out the original trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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This December Justice Has A Familiar Face In ‘Death Kiss’

A vigilante is cleaning up the streets one scumbag at a time in the thriller Death Kiss, set to be unleashed on the world this December by Uncork’d Entertainment. Starring Robert Kovacs, who has an uncanny resemblance to Charles Bronson, Death Kiss was filmed in Northern California, the film also stars Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’s Vampires), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, Two Moon Junction), Eva Hamilton (Ruin Me), Stormi Maya, Leia Perez, Reese Austyn, and Sam Story. The film follows a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, at the same time protecting a young mother and her child. Written and directed by Rene Perez (Playing With Dolls: Havoc) the revenge thriller was produced by Jeff Miller (Ouija House) through his company Millman Productions. Gary Jones executive produced under the banner of Mosquito Entertainment. Zach Carter served as supervising producer. Rene’s movie is very cool and stylish. It feels

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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New Clip Arrives For ‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls’ To Celebrate Release

This November unravel a story of magic and wonder with the family-friendly hit The House With a Clock in Its Walls from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro, this talented cast will warm your heart as they solve a mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat! In celebration of the release, we have a new bonus clip. Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks,” Inside Out), Colleen Camp (Clue), Renée Elise Goldsberry (“One Life to Live”), and Sunny Suljic (Mid90s, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) co-star. In the film, directed by Eli Roth (The Green Inferno, Cabin Fever), Lewis Barnavelt (Vaccaro) goes to live with his Uncle Jonathan (Black) in a creaky and creepy mansion with an eerie tick-tocking heart. But when Lewis soon finds out he’s in the presence of magic practiced by his uncle and neighbor Mrs. Zimmerman (Blanchett), his new town’s dreary aura boosts to life in an exciting

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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This December Alien Invasion Film ‘Attraction’ Lands On Blu-ray And DVD

AN ALIEN SPACESHIP CRASHES INTO MOSCOW, AND NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME The international blockbuster Attraction arrives in the U.S. this December on Blu-ray and DVD. From the director of Stalingrad, Fedor Bondarchuk comes the action-packed film about a sinister unidentified flying object that plummets to Earth changing our view of humanity and life beyond our planet in the thrilling new sci-fi feature. Irina Starshenbaum, Alexander Petrov, Rinal Mukhametov, Oleg Menshikov, and Sergey Garmash star in Attraction, which has been dubbed for its US release. In the film, “Moscow finds itself on the brink of destruction after a mysterious spaceship crash-lands in the center of the city. While the government seeks to find out what the ship’s passengers want and how to protect the local population, the rest of the city residents break into conflicting factions. Some view the aliens as a threat that should be extinguished, while others hope that the visitors are peaceful and offer an opportunity to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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New Documentary Goes ‘Searching For Cannibal Holocaust’

Film critic and author Calum Waddell is going to take fans inside one of the world’s most controversial films in his documentary Searching for Cannibal Holocaust. Basically, it is the story of how Cannibal Holocaust has impacted upon the lives of a number of people, including myself,” Waddell told Rue Morgue. During the filming of the documentary, Waddell not only interviewed a number of those involved with the film but also traveled to the Amazon to visit locations where the film was made. In Cannibal Holocaust, a professor on a rescue mission in the Amazon rainforest stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew. Director Ruggero Deodato‘s infamous Cannibal Holocaust (aka Monsieur Cannibal) has been banned in several countries since its release in 1980. In fact, it is so gruesome that upon making its Italian premiere the director was arrested on obscenity charges. He was then made to prove to the court that all of the actors in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018
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Jason Is Back In The Trailer For Fan Film ‘Voorhees’

While it seems like the Friday the 13th franchise is stuck at the bottom of Crystal Lake until the courts work thing out, Jason continues to kill in the upcoming fan film Voorhees. The trailer is here and it looks like the film has promise. In the film, from director Cody Faulk, “After pulling off the perfect heist a dangerous crew of thieves flee town to the seclusion of the nearby woods. All they have to do is make it through the night so they can get away clean but their sadistic leader has taken them to the long-deserted Camp Crystal Lake, a place that is no longer on any maps and for good reason. Unaware of the locations notorious past the fugitives begin to explore their temporary hideout and soon realize that this place has a very dark and violent history that they are soon about to become part of. It is a race to morning where the lines

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018
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Colin Ford Stars In Netflix’s Upcoming Series “Daybreak”

Netflix has a slew of new series coming in 2019, including the sci-fi horror series “Daybreak” set in post-apocalyptic California. A mix of drama and horror, with a hint of Mad Max, the 10 episode first season follows a teenage boy, played by Colin Ford (Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Under the Dome), as he roams with a group of misfits. The series also stars Matthew Broderick, Austin Crute, Jeanté Godluck, Gregory Kasyan, Cody Kearsley, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Krysta Rodriguez, Sophie Simnett, and Rob Roy. in the series, high school outcast Josh (Ford) is searching for his missing girlfriend in post-apocalyptic Glendale. He’s joined by a group of misfits. During their mission, the group encounters strange and frightening events. Brad Peyton, who was behind Rampage, San Andreas, and Netflix’s “Frontier”, is directing the series created and written by Aron Eli Coleite and co-written by Ira Madison III. “Daybreak” will arrive on Netflix sometime next year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018

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Survival Thriller ‘Rust Creek’ Opens In Theaters This January (Trailer)

This January a young woman must fight to survive in the award-winning film Rust Creek, directed by Jen McGowan and starring Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi). In the film, “an ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey in this harrowing survival thriller. Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods. Suddenly, the young woman with everything to live for finds herself facing her own mortality as she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Lowell (Jay Paulson), an enigmatic loner with shadowy intentions. Though she’s not sure she can trust him, Sawyer must take a chance if she hopes to escape Rust Creek alive. Sean O’Bryan, Micah Hauptman, and Daniel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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‘Venom’ Comes Home This December (New Trailer)

This December bring home one of Marvel’s coolest and most badass movies, Venom, debuting on Digital, followed by its arrival on Blu-ray. The blockbuster directed by Ruben Fleisher (Zombieland) stars Tom Hardy (“Taboo”, Mad Max: Fury Road) and grossed over $822 million in theaters worldwide. The all-star cast also includes Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Riz Ahmed (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, TV’s “The Night Of”), Jenny Slate (Zootopia), and Woody Harrelson (Zombieland, The Hunger Games franchise). The perfect holiday gift, Venom tells “the evolution story of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass character Venom! Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is a broken man after he loses everything including his job and fiancee. Just when his life is at its lowest, he becomes host to an alien symbiote which results in extraordinary superpowers – transforming him into Venom. Will these powers be enough for this new lethal protector to defeat great evil forces, especially against the far stronger and more

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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Zoey Deutch Joins The Cast Of Zombieland 2

After 10 years, Zombieland 2 is really happening! This is not a drill! News has come today, via Deadline, that Vampire Academy actress Zoey Deutch will be starring along with returning cast members Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin. Reportedly Deutch will be playing the role of Eisenberg’s love interest. Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom) will be returning to the director’s chair for the sequel written by the original film’s scribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, who are also serving as executive producers. Gavin Polone will once again be producing. In Zombieland 2 the group must face many kinds of new zombies as well as other survivors. As if the evolving zombies aren’t enough, the group must face growing pains within their strange little family. Zombieland 2 begins shooting early in next year and will open in theaters on October 11, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2018
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Jordan Peele’s Candyman “Reimagining” Gets A Release Date

Jordan Peele (Get Out) is ready to chant Candyman…Candyman…That’s right, the brilliant mind that brought us Get Out is remaking the classic. MGM has announced that they are partnering with Peele’s Monkeypaw Production and Win Rosenfeld to produce the re-imagining of Candyman, inspired by Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is set to direct from the screenplay penned by Peele and Rosenfeld. Described as a “spiritual sequel” the film returns to the same neighborhood where the legend began. The film will take place in the now gentrified area in Chicago that has replaced the housing projects known as Cabrini-Green. There is no word yet if Tony Todd will reprise his role as Candyman. MGM will produce as well as finance the film with Universal distributing. Candyman is set to begin production in 2019 and will open in theaters on June 12, 2020. In the meantime, check out the original trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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This December Justice Has A Familiar Face In ‘Death Kiss’

A vigilante is cleaning up the streets one scumbag at a time in the thriller Death Kiss, set to be unleashed on the world this December by Uncork’d Entertainment. Starring Robert Kovacs, who has an uncanny resemblance to Charles Bronson, Death Kiss was filmed in Northern California, the film also stars Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’s Vampires), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, Two Moon Junction), Eva Hamilton (Ruin Me), Stormi Maya, Leia Perez, Reese Austyn, and Sam Story. The film follows a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, at the same time protecting a young mother and her child. Written and directed by Rene Perez (Playing With Dolls: Havoc) the revenge thriller was produced by Jeff Miller (Ouija House) through his company Millman Productions. Gary Jones executive produced under the banner of Mosquito Entertainment. Zach Carter served as supervising producer. Rene’s movie is very cool and stylish. It feels

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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New Clip Arrives For ‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls’ To Celebrate Release

This November unravel a story of magic and wonder with the family-friendly hit The House With a Clock in Its Walls from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro, this talented cast will warm your heart as they solve a mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat! In celebration of the release, we have a new bonus clip. Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks,” Inside Out), Colleen Camp (Clue), Renée Elise Goldsberry (“One Life to Live”), and Sunny Suljic (Mid90s, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) co-star. In the film, directed by Eli Roth (The Green Inferno, Cabin Fever), Lewis Barnavelt (Vaccaro) goes to live with his Uncle Jonathan (Black) in a creaky and creepy mansion with an eerie tick-tocking heart. But when Lewis soon finds out he’s in the presence of magic practiced by his uncle and neighbor Mrs. Zimmerman (Blanchett), his new town’s dreary aura boosts to life in an exciting

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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This December Alien Invasion Film ‘Attraction’ Lands On Blu-ray And DVD

AN ALIEN SPACESHIP CRASHES INTO MOSCOW, AND NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME The international blockbuster Attraction arrives in the U.S. this December on Blu-ray and DVD. From the director of Stalingrad, Fedor Bondarchuk comes the action-packed film about a sinister unidentified flying object that plummets to Earth changing our view of humanity and life beyond our planet in the thrilling new sci-fi feature. Irina Starshenbaum, Alexander Petrov, Rinal Mukhametov, Oleg Menshikov, and Sergey Garmash star in Attraction, which has been dubbed for its US release. In the film, “Moscow finds itself on the brink of destruction after a mysterious spaceship crash-lands in the center of the city. While the government seeks to find out what the ship’s passengers want and how to protect the local population, the rest of the city residents break into conflicting factions. Some view the aliens as a threat that should be extinguished, while others hope that the visitors are peaceful and offer an opportunity to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2018
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New Documentary Goes ‘Searching For Cannibal Holocaust’

Film critic and author Calum Waddell is going to take fans inside one of the world’s most controversial films in his documentary Searching for Cannibal Holocaust. Basically, it is the story of how Cannibal Holocaust has impacted upon the lives of a number of people, including myself,” Waddell told Rue Morgue. During the filming of the documentary, Waddell not only interviewed a number of those involved with the film but also traveled to the Amazon to visit locations where the film was made. In Cannibal Holocaust, a professor on a rescue mission in the Amazon rainforest stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew. Director Ruggero Deodato‘s infamous Cannibal Holocaust (aka Monsieur Cannibal) has been banned in several countries since its release in 1980. In fact, it is so gruesome that upon making its Italian premiere the director was arrested on obscenity charges. He was then made to prove to the court that all of the actors in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018
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Jason Is Back In The Trailer For Fan Film ‘Voorhees’

While it seems like the Friday the 13th franchise is stuck at the bottom of Crystal Lake until the courts work thing out, Jason continues to kill in the upcoming fan film Voorhees. The trailer is here and it looks like the film has promise. In the film, from director Cody Faulk, “After pulling off the perfect heist a dangerous crew of thieves flee town to the seclusion of the nearby woods. All they have to do is make it through the night so they can get away clean but their sadistic leader has taken them to the long-deserted Camp Crystal Lake, a place that is no longer on any maps and for good reason. Unaware of the locations notorious past the fugitives begin to explore their temporary hideout and soon realize that this place has a very dark and violent history that they are soon about to become part of. It is a race to morning where the lines

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018
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Colin Ford Stars In Netflix’s Upcoming Series “Daybreak”

Netflix has a slew of new series coming in 2019, including the sci-fi horror series “Daybreak” set in post-apocalyptic California. A mix of drama and horror, with a hint of Mad Max, the 10 episode first season follows a teenage boy, played by Colin Ford (Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Under the Dome), as he roams with a group of misfits. The series also stars Matthew Broderick, Austin Crute, Jeanté Godluck, Gregory Kasyan, Cody Kearsley, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Krysta Rodriguez, Sophie Simnett, and Rob Roy. in the series, high school outcast Josh (Ford) is searching for his missing girlfriend in post-apocalyptic Glendale. He’s joined by a group of misfits. During their mission, the group encounters strange and frightening events. Brad Peyton, who was behind Rampage, San Andreas, and Netflix’s “Frontier”, is directing the series created and written by Aron Eli Coleite and co-written by Ira Madison III. “Daybreak” will arrive on Netflix sometime next year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2018
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