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If you are like me, you studied the pages of Film Threat magazine in the ’90’s, dreaming of all of the exciting new indy projects that most likely would not be coming to a theater near me. Well, good news; Film Threat has returned (I mean they’ve had a website for years…but you get what I’m laying down) with a new distribution label announced at this year’s SDCC titled…better sit down for this shocker…Film Threat Presents! Their first release will be F’ed up sci-fi drug yarn The Theta Girl! Here’s the official rundown copy/pasted straight from the PR material just for you boils n’ ghouls: 33 years after its premiere as the rogue, iconoclastic fanzine championing indie film, Film Threat is back. First as a website, FilmThreat.com, relaunched last year, and now as a distribution label, catering to the same demographic that loved the disruptive magazine so much during its print run between 1985 and 1997. The first release, scheduled
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Slasher He’s Out There is set to arrive this September on DVD and Blu-ray. Ahead of its release, the international trailer has been unleashed. While the film was billed as being from the director of The House on the Left, Dennis Iliads, the director has suddenly been listed on IMDb as Quinn Lasher, an unknown filmmaker. Mike Scannell penned the script. “On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.“ The film stars “The Handmaid’s Tale” actress Yvonne Strahovski, Justin Bruening, Anna Pniowsky, Abigail Pniowsky, Julian Bailey and Ryan McDonald. The production team includes Edward Wild is director of photography (London Has Fallen, Severance); Peter Cosco is production designer (Haunter); and Rick Shaine as editor (The Incredible Hulk, A Nightmare on Elm Street). Previously titled Scarecrow, the Sony Screen Gems produced film arrives on DVD in the UK on
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Terror Films is kicking off the summer with the release of their highly-anticipated 80’s throwback flick The Barn. The Barn, written and directed by Justin M. Seaman, racked up awards across 38 film festivals winning Best Old School Horror (Fright Night Film Fest), Best Cinematography (Crimson Screen Horror Film), Best Special Make-Up FX (Hexploitation Film Fest), the Audience Choice Award at Nevermore Film Festival and many more! Set on Halloween night 1989, it follows best friends Sam (Mitchell Musolino) and Josh (Will Stout) who are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final ‘Devil’s Night’ before graduating from high school. However, trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert. They find an old abandoned barn and awaken the evil that lurks inside. Now it’s up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within “The Barn.” The
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On July 19th Robert D. Krzykowski‘s The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigFoot premiered at the acclaimed 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival. I had the pleasure of seeing this intense film that is filled with suspense, emotion, and action. The film opens with Billy Squire’s “Lonely is the Night” playing on an old jukebox. As the camera pans around we see a man sitting on a bar stool alone with only his drink to keep him company. That man is none other than Mr. Sam Elliot as our silver-haired central character, Calvin Barr. As soon as Calvin sets down his glass we are sent into a flashback, which happens frequently in this film. We see a young, dark-haired man in a Nazi uniform making his way through a manor under Nazi control. We see the young Calvin enter an office where Hitler stands, warming himself by a fire. Suddenly Calvin snaps back to the present where the bartender
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Last night at the San Diego Comic-Con it was confirmed that a third Annabelle film is on its way. The first spin-off from The Conjuring franchise will come full circle with its final film, set in the present. The franchise has revealed that the haunted doll is only one of the many terrifying objects locked away in Warren’s museum. Now, Annabelle will activate everything inside the museum and terrorize the Warren’s 10 year-old daughter Judy. Gary Dauberman who wrote both Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation will be both writing and directing the sequel which is being described as “Night at the Museum, but with demons.” James Wan will be producing. Even though New Line has just announced Annabelle 3, it already possesses a release date, July 3, 2019. Annabelle 3 is not the only Conjuring spin-off with a release date, The Nun is set to open in theaters nationwide on September 7th.
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The Lullaby, from director Darrell Roodt, one of the best indie horror films of the year, is now out on VOD and DVD. Starring Reine Swart, The Lullaby is the twisted tale of Chloe Van Heerden, as a young woman who returns to her hometown to give birth. As she struggles to cope with motherhood and her overbearing mother, she finds herself with a growing sense of guilt, paranoia, and an overwhelming feeling that she and her baby are in danger from a dark entity. Brandon Auret, Thandi Puren, Dorthy Ann Gould, Samuel Frauenstein, and Deànré Reines co-star in this tale that shines a light on postpartum depression. Pick up your copy of The Lullaby (review) now, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Be sure to check our interview with the film’s star Reine Swart.
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The trailer for the paranormal thriller I Still See You has just been released revealing a world filled with ghosts following an apocalyptic event. Starring Keep Watching, The Babysitter, and Amityville: The Awakening actress Bella Thorne, the film is set “Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni (Thorne) receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead—and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.” Directed by Scott Speer, the film was adapted by Jason Fuchs based on the novel “Break My Heart 1,000 Times” by Daniel Waters. Dermot Mulroney, Richard Harmon, and Louis Herthum also star. I Still See You is set to be released on October 12, 2018, in limited theaters and VOD, from
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In what seems to be a dicey move Sony Pictures has changed the release date of Slender Man putting it directly in the path of New Line’s The Meg, one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year. Sony’s relationship with Slender Man has been strained from the get-go. Back in May, the producers of the film were shopping it around to other studios and streaming services after producers and Sony had disagreements about the studio’s release strategy, Bloody Disgusting reports. Reportedly, the date was changed in hopes of snagging teen moviegoers while they are still on summer break. Directed by Sylvian White, Slender Man centers on the tall, featureless figure born from a Something Awful story contest entry by Victor Surge. After finding its way to Creepypasta the entity took on a life of its own. Set in a small town in Massachusetts, the film centers on four high school girls who perform a ritual in an attempt to
Continue reading →
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As things continue to heat up this summer, The Meg is waiting to bear its teeth this August at theatergoers. After several trailers and TV spots, we finally get some new footage to wet our appetites with a brand new trailer. In the film from director Jon Turteltaub, based on novel series by Steve Alten, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with
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The great old one, or as some call the “great dreamer” will be arriving on console and PC just in time for Halloween! “Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game” by Cyanide Studios and Focus Home Interactive, will be released October 30th of this year (2018)! The first-person cosmic horror experience takes players to the mysterious island of Darkwater as private investigator Edward Pierce. The game not only is an RPG but it will have stealth mechanics as well that will affect the sanity of Pierce as well as players. The storyline of the game can be affected by the results of investigations as well by choices made by Pierce. The video game is inspired by the tabletop RPG “Call of Cthulhu” by Chaosium which was inspired by the original short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft. The games and story revolved around a mysterious cult and the creature not of this world that they worship. You can
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If you are like me, you studied the pages of Film Threat magazine in the ’90’s, dreaming of all of the exciting new indy projects that most likely would not be coming to a theater near me. Well, good news; Film Threat has returned (I mean they’ve had a website for years…but you get what I’m laying down) with a new distribution label announced at this year’s SDCC titled…better sit down for this shocker…Film Threat Presents! Their first release will be F’ed up sci-fi drug yarn The Theta Girl! Here’s the official rundown copy/pasted straight from the PR material just for you boils n’ ghouls: 33 years after its premiere as the rogue, iconoclastic fanzine championing indie film, Film Threat is back. First as a website, FilmThreat.com, relaunched last year, and now as a distribution label, catering to the same demographic that loved the disruptive magazine so much during its print run between 1985 and 1997. The first release, scheduled
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Slasher He’s Out There is set to arrive this September on DVD and Blu-ray. Ahead of its release, the international trailer has been unleashed. While the film was billed as being from the director of The House on the Left, Dennis Iliads, the director has suddenly been listed on IMDb as Quinn Lasher, an unknown filmmaker. Mike Scannell penned the script. “On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.“ The film stars “The Handmaid’s Tale” actress Yvonne Strahovski, Justin Bruening, Anna Pniowsky, Abigail Pniowsky, Julian Bailey and Ryan McDonald. The production team includes Edward Wild is director of photography (London Has Fallen, Severance); Peter Cosco is production designer (Haunter); and Rick Shaine as editor (The Incredible Hulk, A Nightmare on Elm Street). Previously titled Scarecrow, the Sony Screen Gems produced film arrives on DVD in the UK on
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Terror Films is kicking off the summer with the release of their highly-anticipated 80’s throwback flick The Barn. The Barn, written and directed by Justin M. Seaman, racked up awards across 38 film festivals winning Best Old School Horror (Fright Night Film Fest), Best Cinematography (Crimson Screen Horror Film), Best Special Make-Up FX (Hexploitation Film Fest), the Audience Choice Award at Nevermore Film Festival and many more! Set on Halloween night 1989, it follows best friends Sam (Mitchell Musolino) and Josh (Will Stout) who are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final ‘Devil’s Night’ before graduating from high school. However, trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert. They find an old abandoned barn and awaken the evil that lurks inside. Now it’s up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within “The Barn.” The
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviews
On July 19th Robert D. Krzykowski‘s The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigFoot premiered at the acclaimed 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival. I had the pleasure of seeing this intense film that is filled with suspense, emotion, and action. The film opens with Billy Squire’s “Lonely is the Night” playing on an old jukebox. As the camera pans around we see a man sitting on a bar stool alone with only his drink to keep him company. That man is none other than Mr. Sam Elliot as our silver-haired central character, Calvin Barr. As soon as Calvin sets down his glass we are sent into a flashback, which happens frequently in this film. We see a young, dark-haired man in a Nazi uniform making his way through a manor under Nazi control. We see the young Calvin enter an office where Hitler stands, warming himself by a fire. Suddenly Calvin snaps back to the present where the bartender
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Last night at the San Diego Comic-Con it was confirmed that a third Annabelle film is on its way. The first spin-off from The Conjuring franchise will come full circle with its final film, set in the present. The franchise has revealed that the haunted doll is only one of the many terrifying objects locked away in Warren’s museum. Now, Annabelle will activate everything inside the museum and terrorize the Warren’s 10 year-old daughter Judy. Gary Dauberman who wrote both Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation will be both writing and directing the sequel which is being described as “Night at the Museum, but with demons.” James Wan will be producing. Even though New Line has just announced Annabelle 3, it already possesses a release date, July 3, 2019. Annabelle 3 is not the only Conjuring spin-off with a release date, The Nun is set to open in theaters nationwide on September 7th.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
The Lullaby, from director Darrell Roodt, one of the best indie horror films of the year, is now out on VOD and DVD. Starring Reine Swart, The Lullaby is the twisted tale of Chloe Van Heerden, as a young woman who returns to her hometown to give birth. As she struggles to cope with motherhood and her overbearing mother, she finds herself with a growing sense of guilt, paranoia, and an overwhelming feeling that she and her baby are in danger from a dark entity. Brandon Auret, Thandi Puren, Dorthy Ann Gould, Samuel Frauenstein, and Deànré Reines co-star in this tale that shines a light on postpartum depression. Pick up your copy of The Lullaby (review) now, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Be sure to check our interview with the film’s star Reine Swart.
Continue reading →
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The trailer for the paranormal thriller I Still See You has just been released revealing a world filled with ghosts following an apocalyptic event. Starring Keep Watching, The Babysitter, and Amityville: The Awakening actress Bella Thorne, the film is set “Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni (Thorne) receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead—and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.” Directed by Scott Speer, the film was adapted by Jason Fuchs based on the novel “Break My Heart 1,000 Times” by Daniel Waters. Dermot Mulroney, Richard Harmon, and Louis Herthum also star. I Still See You is set to be released on October 12, 2018, in limited theaters and VOD, from
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
In what seems to be a dicey move Sony Pictures has changed the release date of Slender Man putting it directly in the path of New Line’s The Meg, one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year. Sony’s relationship with Slender Man has been strained from the get-go. Back in May, the producers of the film were shopping it around to other studios and streaming services after producers and Sony had disagreements about the studio’s release strategy, Bloody Disgusting reports. Reportedly, the date was changed in hopes of snagging teen moviegoers while they are still on summer break. Directed by Sylvian White, Slender Man centers on the tall, featureless figure born from a Something Awful story contest entry by Victor Surge. After finding its way to Creepypasta the entity took on a life of its own. Set in a small town in Massachusetts, the film centers on four high school girls who perform a ritual in an attempt to
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
As things continue to heat up this summer, The Meg is waiting to bear its teeth this August at theatergoers. After several trailers and TV spots, we finally get some new footage to wet our appetites with a brand new trailer. In the film from director Jon Turteltaub, based on novel series by Steve Alten, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with
Continue reading →
BooksGamingNewsParanormalProduct
The great old one, or as some call the “great dreamer” will be arriving on console and PC just in time for Halloween! “Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game” by Cyanide Studios and Focus Home Interactive, will be released October 30th of this year (2018)! The first-person cosmic horror experience takes players to the mysterious island of Darkwater as private investigator Edward Pierce. The game not only is an RPG but it will have stealth mechanics as well that will affect the sanity of Pierce as well as players. The storyline of the game can be affected by the results of investigations as well by choices made by Pierce. The video game is inspired by the tabletop RPG “Call of Cthulhu” by Chaosium which was inspired by the original short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft. The games and story revolved around a mysterious cult and the creature not of this world that they worship. You can
Continue reading →
