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Consume 'The Platform 2' Today on Netflix

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Let the New Trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Platform 2’ Whet Your Appetite

The highly anticipated sequel, The Platform 2, will premiere this October on Netflix. The new trailer has just been unleashed. It’s insane and grotesque. And we can’t wait! The sequel to the 2020 hit, The Platform, sees the return of Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia to the director’s chair. This time, a mysterious figure has established a new law in The Platform. But can justice be enforced in hell? And who will enforce it? The first film revealed a cruel and brutal vertical prison where inmates are sentenced to levels and forced to ration food from a descending platform that moves between floors. The inmates at the top feast like kings, while those at the bottom live off scraps. One man set out to balance the scales so that everyone could survive. Released in 2020, the original went viral during Covid. It was watched in over 56 million households in just its first four weeks, making it one of Netflix’s most-watched original films

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 23, 2024

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Your Guide to Netflix Chills & Thrills 2024

Can you feel it? Halloween is in the air! Netflix is joining other streaming services like Peacock, Paramount +, Freeform, and Hulu in announcing its killer lineup for the Spooktacular season. With classics, premieres, and new favorites, Netflix serves major treats this September and October. Here are the highlights of what’s heading your way as part of Netflix’s Chills & Thrills. September 13th (Photo: Sector 36. Netflix) Sector 36 Inspired by true events, the film sees several children go missing from Sector 36. A determined police officer faces off with a cunning serial killer as a chilling investigation and dark secrets unfold. September 27th Gyeongseong Creature 2 Set in 2024 Seoul, Season 2 uncovers the never-ending ties – the good and the bad – that fate weaves in Gyeongseong via Ho-jae, a man deceptively similar in looks and demeanor to Tae-sang, and Chae-ok, a survivor of the Gyeongseong spring. October 2nd Unsolved Mysteries, Vol 5 The iconic and gripping series

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 23, 2024

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Enter the World of “Stranger Things” at Six Flag’s Fright Fest

This Fall, Six Flags Fright Fest will bring iconic horror franchises to life to delight every horror fanatic and Halloween fiend, including “Stranger Things.“ Guests are invited to journey to Hawkins and enter the “Stranger Things” world, where students have created a Haunted House for the community. Although just a little innocent, Halloween fun soon gets turned upside down! What starts as a fun school haunt with homemade decorations quickly becomes a deadly labyrinth of thrills and scares. Rifts sweep guests into a disorienting journey of terrifying locations while being hunted by the supernatural monsters. Guests will navigate the world of the Netflix smash hit. They will come face to face with demogorgons, demodogs, demobats, the “Mind Flayer,” and finally, Vecna himself! During this year’s Fright Fest, guests will also be transported into the eerie realms of Netflix’s Army of the Dead, Warner Bros./New Line’s Conjuring Universe, Legendary Entertainment’s Trick ‘r Treat, Lionsgate, and Twisted Pictures’ SAW‘ and an experience

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 23, 2024

Ahead of its Premiere, We Interviewed the Cast of "Teacup"

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New Trailer Lands for James Wan’s Series “Teacup”

From James Wan’s Atomic Monster and series creator Ian McCulloch (“Yellowstone”) comes the new sci-fi horror series “Teacup.” Following today’s premiere at Fantastic Fest, we have an in-depth look at the chilling new series. That includes the latest unnerving trailer, poster, and first-look images to whet your appetite. “Teacup” centers on a group of people trapped on a rural farm in Georgia. To survive, they must come together to face an out-of-this-world threat as they find themselves trapped behind a line created by a mysterious stranger. One step over the line is deadly. Family drama, a suffering child, and grotesque deaths add to the chaos and well-built tension of the series that will be your new obsession. Inspired by Robert R. McCammon‘s hit novel Stinger, the series stars “The Handmaid’s Tale” actress Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Kathy Baker (“Coclony”), Boris McGiver (“Evil”), Chaske Spencer (Twilight franchise) and Rob Morgan (“Lawmen: Bass Reeves”). Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 23, 2024

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Beware the Horror of ‘Mr. Crocket’ This Huluween

Huluween will soon be underway. The streaming service is gearing up to guarantee your Halloween season is filled with treats. One of the movies set to premiere is the horror movie Mr. Crocket. Set in the eerie year of 1993, a sinister children’s show host, Mr. Crocket, emerges from the confines of television screens. With an evil gleam in his eye, he targets young children. He snatches them away from their unsuspecting parents and leaving a trail of brutal murders in his wake. One mother, her heart heavy with loss and her resolve unwavering, embarks on a dangerous quest to track down the demonic entertainer and rescue her abducted son. Armed with a mother’s love and a fierce determination, she ventures into the dark and twisted world of Mr. Crocket, determined to bring her child home, no matter the cost. Mr. Crocket’s cast includes Jerrika Hinton, Elvis Nolasco, Ayden Gavin, Kristolyn Lloyd, and Alex Akpobome. Brandon Espy directed the film,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 22, 2024

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‘The Path’ Leads Sisters to Uncover Dark and Dangerous Secrets

Frost Pictures’ new horror thriller The Path, written and directed by Tom Archdeacon, held its West Coast red carpet theatrical premiere on September 19, ahead of its September release. The film centers on a young woman who, after losing her parents, returns home to care for her younger sister and the family farm. Soon, she begins to experience strange and terrifying events. The woman and her sister discover the dark past linked to their childhood home. As tension builds, the young women also uncover the dark truths behind their parent’s deaths. The Path, directed by Tom Archdeacon, stars Tess Hanna (The Sighting, Highway to Havasu), Taylor Colwell (Gotham, Only Murders In The Building), Brian McManamon (Succession, American Horror Story), Alex MacNicoll (Brilliant Minds, The Society) and Archdeacon, who has a featured role in the film. Michael James Romeo, renowned guitarist from the progressive metal band Symphony X, created the score. My goal was to make a truly scary film that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 21, 2024

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Hair-Raising Horror Movie ‘Lord of Wolves’ Has Been Unleashed

Get ready to witness terrifying creatures unlike anything you have seen in Lord of Wolves, the hair-raising new horror movie written and directed by Charlie Steeds. In the movie, Nic Cross’s (played by Joshua Tonks) housemate dies under very mysterious circumstances. Nic inherits a peculiar pyramid-shaped contraption from his roommate. Little does he know that this seemingly innocent object will end up summoning a cult of people, part man, part beast, werewolf-like creatures, who lurk in the shadows of London. As Nic’s fate intertwines with three troubled strangers, old legends come to life as they band together to face the Lord of Wolves and attempt to prevent the pack from getting their paws on the mysterious object. Jake Watkins and Rosie Edwards also star in this action-packed horror movie, which Steeds, Jerome Reygner-Kalfon, and Sebastien Semon produced. This is not director Steeds’ first entry into the monster genre. He already has several entries into the werewolf subgenre, including the films

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 21, 2024

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A Grotesque Monster Stalks the ‘Daddy’s Head’ Trailer

Following the release of the first look last week, Shudder has just unveiled the trailer for its original horror film, Daddy’s Head, written and directed by Benjamin Barfoot (Double Date). The trailer introduces a family struggling with grief. But grief has nothing on the terrifying entity that now has its sights set on them. In the wake of his father’s death, a boy (Rupert Turnbull) is left in the eerie solitude of a country estate. His only companion is his newly widowed stepmother (Julia Brown), who is struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood without her husband. Amidst the growing tension, the boy hears unsettling sounds and a familiar voice echoing through the corridors. Soon, the boy is haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. Quickly, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives. The two must come together if they want to survive. Daddy’s Head stars

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 21, 2024

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New Series “Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans.” Coming This October

Just in time for spooky season, Zak Bagans (“Ghost Adventures”) takes viewers to the farthest corners of the globe to explore the world’s most haunted and most cursed locations in “Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans.” In this chilling series, viewers are transported on a mysterious journey. Haunts and horrors reign at every destination, the world’s darkest and most evil locations. Driven by the macabre history and unexplained hair-raising activity surrounding each nefarious site, Bagans sends his documentary film crew around the globe. Connecting with eyewitnesses and paranormal practitioners, the crew explores local legends, historical mysteries, diverse cultural beliefs, and real-life horrors. They will document claims of hauntings, possessions, and curses. Bagans narrates as cameras cross into the forbidden and foreboding zones of each deeply troubled and scarred location. Zak Bagans sends his team to Armero, Colombia, in the premiere episode. The site where thousands perished after a volcanic eruption in 1985. Was it a horrific natural event, or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 21, 2024

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Terror-Filled Trailer Drops for Sam Raimi’s ‘Don’t Move’

The first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming horror movie Don’t Move has arrived in time for spooky season. The unnerving new trailer opens with a woman (Kelsey Asbille) clawing and crawling her way across the ground. We hear the voice of AHS’s Finn Wittrock, who states that the woman has been given a “special relaxant” and that she only has 20 minutes to escape. The film is said to center on a grieving woman who is hoping to find solace in the forest. Unfortunately, she crosses paths with a man who has injected her with a paralytic. As the drug gradually begins to take over her body, she must fight to save herself before it takes full effect. There is something unique about this horror film. The story plays out in real-time for over 85 minutes. It allows you to watch the woman’s battle unfold before your eyes. Don’t Move is directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler, the duo behind

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 20, 2024

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