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DVD Review: ‘Dead Night’ Is Deadly Good

Two lovers parked in a wooded area find themselves stalked by a hooded figure. When the man gets out to check on a noise, he’s murdered and the woman taken. Skip forward nine months, the woman is laying in the dirt screaming, ready to give birth. Two hooded figures are there by her side as she delivers and the scene closes. Following a time jump, we meet a family, James (AJ Bowen) a father with cancer, Casey (Brea Grant) the mother, Jason (Joshua Hoffman) their son, their daughter Jessica (Sophie Dalah) and her friend (Elise Luthman) Becky on their way to a cabin. Not long after their arrival, they find a woman (Barbra Crampton) in the snow, after bringing her back to the cabin they learn they have made a fatal mistake. As the film plays out we see scenes from a crime series called “Inside Crime” where we learn that Casey killed her entire family, the family we are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 16, 2018
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Blumhouse’s Upcoming Hulu Series “Into The Dark” Will Be Holliday Themed (Trailer)

This October, the Blumhouse 12 episode horror anthology series “Into the Dark” will arrive on Hulu, with a new holiday-themed episode premiering each month of the year. The first episode, “The Body”, premieres on October 5, 2018, and was directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering ‘An American Werewolf in London’. Written by Davis and Paul Fischer, the series follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau and “Ash vs Evil Dead” actor Ray Santiago star.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2018
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Producer Gives Update On ‘The Conjuring 3’

The Conjuring haunted theaters in 2013 and has been going strong since. In fact, it has spawned an entire universe featuring two Annabelle films with another on its way, and now The Nun is killing it in theaters. The universe shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it’s continuing to expand, this time with The Conjuring 3. During a recent interview promoting The Nun, producer Peter Safran gave an update on The Conjuring 3. It’s actually coming along great. David Leslie Johnson is working on the screenplay, and I feel pretty confident they will have that one up and running next year.” Safran has produced each of The Conjuring films. Odds are we will see The Conjuring 3 in 2020. Annabelle 3 begins filming in October in LA and will open in theaters in 2019, which fits the pattern so far, putting one film from the franchise in theaters every year. While critics are giving mixed reviews, The Nun

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2018
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‘RuneScape’ Official Soundtrack Coming Soon!

Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on

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Capt McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Sid Haig Stars The Hanukiller In The Holiday Slasher ‘Hanukkah’

After years of being stuck in developmental limbo, director Eben McGarr‘s Hanukkah is finally in post-production. And we have got the holiday horror film’s first look to share with you. Devil’s Rejects actor Sid Haig stars as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Contracted, Halloween II, Hatchet 3) as Ana Lazarus, and P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie, The Devil’s Rejects) as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott are both serving as producers. “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight-year-old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Legendary Unveils Trailer and Preview For Comic Acursian

Today, we have the trailer and preview of Chapter One for Acursian, a thrilling, imaginative comic series starring John Barrowman (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood,” “Arrow”), from Legendary, the same company behind Godzilla: Rise of the Monsters coming in May of 2019. Rooted in Celtic lore, the series is a fusion of mythical storytelling from co-creators John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman (“Torchwood”), and Erika Lewis (Game of Shadows and Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano) the comic series now available on the Webtoon app. “Acursian (an Old English word defined as one consigned to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse) stars John Barrowman as Charlie Stewart who, on the eve of an important birthday, falls victim to an ancient Celtic curse. Stewart seemed to have it all: the big house, the fast car, the beautiful family, and a high-power career at a leading criminal law firm, but overnight finds everything spiraling out of control as his perfect life becomes a disaster zone

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival

From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Bizarre States: California Delves Into The World Of The Supernatural On Alpha This Month

Bizarre States is delving further into the world of the occult, supernatural, and inexplicable with Bizarre States: California, a video series building on last season’s Bizarre States: Los Angeles with even more hauntings, urban myths, and unsolved mysteries. Produced by Nerdist for Legendary Digital Networks’ premium content service, Alpha, Bizarre States: California will premiere later this month, adding a whole new dimension of entertainment for fright fans by bringing cameras and commentary to the best real haunts across the Golden State. Bizarre States: California features Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser as they bring their supernatural smarts and skills to a variety of spooky landmark locations all over California. Each creepy site will come to life as Jess and Bowser interview experts and relate their own personal findings, getting to the bottom of the funny, the weird, the haunted, and the unexpected. The six-episode weekly series will take Bizarre States fans across the state and investigate subjects like the “Coronado UFO

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Feast Your Eyes On The First Images From ‘Human Hibachi’

I hope you’re hungry because we’ve got something bloody to sink your teeth into, the first look at Human Hibachi. Form Cerrito Productions owner Mario Cerrito III comes the documentary-style flick that might make you go vegetarian. But then again we know some of readers like things nice and bloody. In this gorefest, a Japanese man documents his girlfriends 35th birthday from the moment she wakes up to the moment everything goes wrong. Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Cerrito’s first film Deadly Gamble received a worldwide release and was followed by his second project The Listing which will be going to Marche Du Film at the Cannes film festival. Human Hibachi is currently in post-production and will premiere some time in 2019. Feast your eyes on the first images from the film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018

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DVD Review: ‘Dead Night’ Is Deadly Good

Two lovers parked in a wooded area find themselves stalked by a hooded figure. When the man gets out to check on a noise, he’s murdered and the woman taken. Skip forward nine months, the woman is laying in the dirt screaming, ready to give birth. Two hooded figures are there by her side as she delivers and the scene closes. Following a time jump, we meet a family, James (AJ Bowen) a father with cancer, Casey (Brea Grant) the mother, Jason (Joshua Hoffman) their son, their daughter Jessica (Sophie Dalah) and her friend (Elise Luthman) Becky on their way to a cabin. Not long after their arrival, they find a woman (Barbra Crampton) in the snow, after bringing her back to the cabin they learn they have made a fatal mistake. As the film plays out we see scenes from a crime series called “Inside Crime” where we learn that Casey killed her entire family, the family we are

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 16, 2018
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Blumhouse’s Upcoming Hulu Series “Into The Dark” Will Be Holliday Themed (Trailer)

This October, the Blumhouse 12 episode horror anthology series “Into the Dark” will arrive on Hulu, with a new holiday-themed episode premiering each month of the year. The first episode, “The Body”, premieres on October 5, 2018, and was directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering ‘An American Werewolf in London’. Written by Davis and Paul Fischer, the series follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau and “Ash vs Evil Dead” actor Ray Santiago star.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2018
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Producer Gives Update On ‘The Conjuring 3’

The Conjuring haunted theaters in 2013 and has been going strong since. In fact, it has spawned an entire universe featuring two Annabelle films with another on its way, and now The Nun is killing it in theaters. The universe shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it’s continuing to expand, this time with The Conjuring 3. During a recent interview promoting The Nun, producer Peter Safran gave an update on The Conjuring 3. It’s actually coming along great. David Leslie Johnson is working on the screenplay, and I feel pretty confident they will have that one up and running next year.” Safran has produced each of The Conjuring films. Odds are we will see The Conjuring 3 in 2020. Annabelle 3 begins filming in October in LA and will open in theaters in 2019, which fits the pattern so far, putting one film from the franchise in theaters every year. While critics are giving mixed reviews, The Nun

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2018
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‘RuneScape’ Official Soundtrack Coming Soon!

Fans of the record-breaking Multiplayer RPG “RuneScape” will be delighted to know that the songs from the beloved game will be coming at them in the form of vinyl or CD! James Hannigan, BAFTA award-winning composer known for his work on “Harry Potter” and “Dead Space 3” has teamed up with Philharmonia Orchestra and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra to bring the music to life for fans. Two soundtracks, “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” and “RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics” will be available on vinyl records, CDs, or digital. If you preorder either albums (in vinyl or CD) you get a free copy of the digital soundtrack! You can pre-order your copies HERE! Two other soundtracks are available as digital copies only, “RuneScape: The Arc” and “RuneScape: Menaphose”. For those of you who are really curious, the game’s developer Jagex and Laced Records gave me some further info to pass on. “RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection” Deluxe Double Vinyl: 26 tracks pressed on

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

Sid Haig Stars The Hanukiller In The Holiday Slasher ‘Hanukkah’

After years of being stuck in developmental limbo, director Eben McGarr‘s Hanukkah is finally in post-production. And we have got the holiday horror film’s first look to share with you. Devil’s Rejects actor Sid Haig stars as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Contracted, Halloween II, Hatchet 3) as Ana Lazarus, and P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie, The Devil’s Rejects) as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott are both serving as producers. “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight-year-old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Legendary Unveils Trailer and Preview For Comic Acursian

Today, we have the trailer and preview of Chapter One for Acursian, a thrilling, imaginative comic series starring John Barrowman (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood,” “Arrow”), from Legendary, the same company behind Godzilla: Rise of the Monsters coming in May of 2019. Rooted in Celtic lore, the series is a fusion of mythical storytelling from co-creators John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman (“Torchwood”), and Erika Lewis (Game of Shadows and Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano) the comic series now available on the Webtoon app. “Acursian (an Old English word defined as one consigned to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse) stars John Barrowman as Charlie Stewart who, on the eve of an important birthday, falls victim to an ancient Celtic curse. Stewart seemed to have it all: the big house, the fast car, the beautiful family, and a high-power career at a leading criminal law firm, but overnight finds everything spiraling out of control as his perfect life becomes a disaster zone

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival

From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Bizarre States: California Delves Into The World Of The Supernatural On Alpha This Month

Bizarre States is delving further into the world of the occult, supernatural, and inexplicable with Bizarre States: California, a video series building on last season’s Bizarre States: Los Angeles with even more hauntings, urban myths, and unsolved mysteries. Produced by Nerdist for Legendary Digital Networks’ premium content service, Alpha, Bizarre States: California will premiere later this month, adding a whole new dimension of entertainment for fright fans by bringing cameras and commentary to the best real haunts across the Golden State. Bizarre States: California features Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser as they bring their supernatural smarts and skills to a variety of spooky landmark locations all over California. Each creepy site will come to life as Jess and Bowser interview experts and relate their own personal findings, getting to the bottom of the funny, the weird, the haunted, and the unexpected. The six-episode weekly series will take Bizarre States fans across the state and investigate subjects like the “Coronado UFO

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Feast Your Eyes On The First Images From ‘Human Hibachi’

I hope you’re hungry because we’ve got something bloody to sink your teeth into, the first look at Human Hibachi. Form Cerrito Productions owner Mario Cerrito III comes the documentary-style flick that might make you go vegetarian. But then again we know some of readers like things nice and bloody. In this gorefest, a Japanese man documents his girlfriends 35th birthday from the moment she wakes up to the moment everything goes wrong. Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Cerrito’s first film Deadly Gamble received a worldwide release and was followed by his second project The Listing which will be going to Marche Du Film at the Cannes film festival. Human Hibachi is currently in post-production and will premiere some time in 2019. Feast your eyes on the first images from the film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018
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