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Chillers, Thrillers, and Killers Await During Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend

Florida’s Popcorn Frights Film Festival has announced the lineup for this year’s Wicked Weekend program, and fear-fare enthusiasts of all stripes won’t want to miss it! Following is the official press announcement. Batten down the hatches and gather your courage as Popcorn Frights has announced its annual Wicked Weekend program celebrating all the eerie, weird, wild, and strange things that go bump in the night! The event, running October 4-8 at the historic Gateway Theater, will feature eight film premieres and special presentations highlighted by new nightmares from Mike Flanagan, Scott Derrickson, and Joe Lynch, as well as many other surprises. Wicked Weekend is headlined by a special presentation of the first two episodes of Netflix’s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, genre maestro Mike Flanagan’s hotly anticipated new horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe starring Mark Hamill, Carla Gugino, Kate Siegel, and Henry Thomas, as well as Paramount+’s terrifying prequel PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, based

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Joseph Perry

Sep 6, 2023

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Australia’s A Night of Horror International Film Festival Announces Its 2023 Lineup

Fear-fare fanatics in Australia will have an abundance of unsettling selections from which to choose when A Night of Horror International Film Festival presents its 2023 edition in Sydney from September 29th to October 1st. Scintillating slices of cinema from around the world are scheduled. Following is the official press announcement. Australia’s longest running showcase of horror and dark genre cinema, A Night of Horror International Film Festival (ANOH) is back for its 15th year, with a frighteningly fantastic program. From 28th September to 1st October, the Festival will take over Dendy Cinema, screening the very best in freaky, macabre and spine-chilling film from around the globe. Spanning across four days, ANOH is gearing up to present a total of ten features and 31 short films, hailing from different corners of the world, including Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, Lithuania, Brazil, Switzerland, France, Denmark, India, and New Zealand. “The calibre, ingenuity, and range of submissions this year truly

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Joseph Perry

Sep 6, 2023

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The King Of Monsters Leaves A Path Of Destruction In New ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Trailer

Godzilla is back! Godzilla Minus One, the first Japanese Godzilla movie since 2016’s Shin Godzilla, is headed your way and has a new trailer. “In postwar Japan, a new terror rises, Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive… let alone fight back?” Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe lead the cast. Takashi Yamazaki (Lupin III: The First) directs Godzilla Minus One, which marks the 30th live-action film of Toho’s Kaiju franchise, which began in 1954 with Ishirô Honda’s Gojira (aka Godzilla). Godzilla Minus One opens in Japanese theaters on November 3, 2023, followed by its arrival in US theaters on December 1, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 6, 2023

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A Fight For Survival Plays Out In ‘Thirst’ – Out Today

Two couples find themselves in dire circumstances when their neighbors begin to turn each other in the horror-thriller Thirst. In the film, “Insomnia spreads in a small town, causing fear and panic. As the situation becomes dire, two couples find salvation on an abandoned ranch until nefarious characters descend upon the land, claiming it as their own, and chaos ensues.” Writer-director Eric Owen, who is also the drummer for Black Pistol Fire, makes his feature debut with Thirst, starring Brian Villalobos and Lori Kovacevich. Witness the fight for survival on September 5, 2023, when Thirst lands on Digital from Gravitas Ventures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 6, 2023

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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Conjures A Fright-Filled Second Trailer

Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences worldwide. Now, this October, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes one of the most highly-anticipated horror films of the year, The Exorcist: Believer. To celebrate the film’s approaching release, we have a new trailer that teases the horrors that await fans this October. Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls), on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia O’Neill) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 5, 2023

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‘Alone In The Dark’ Release Date Pushed Back

Fans will have to wait to experience the love letter to the OG of survival horror, Alone in the Dark, which was going to be released in October, will now be released in 2024. The reason for the change is surprisingly quite common in the gaming industry. For those not in the know, this year’s fall is full of game releases, especially horror games that want to be THE game to play on Halloween. Because of the multiple releases around the same time, Pices Interactive and THQ Nordic have pushed Alone in the Dark‘s release to January 16th, 2024. The delay will not only allow players to enjoy the mass releases this October. It will also allow Alone in the Dark a good once-over to ensure a smooth release. Alone in the Dark will be coming out on January 16th, 2024, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi

Sep 5, 2023

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Trailer For ‘The Unraveling’ Teases Psychological Horror

A woman is convinced her husband has been replaced by an imposter in the psychological horror-thriller The Unraveling. “After suffering a traumatic brain injury from a car accident, Mary Dunne is convinced that her husband, Grayson, has been replaced by an impostor. She receives phone calls from an unknown caller who claims to be the “real Grayson,” causing Mary to suspect that she’s living in a parallel universe with impostors gaslighting her and keeping her against her will. Tensions reach a breaking point when Mary finds out she is pregnant with the supposed impostor’s baby.” Directed by KD Amond, who co-wrote the script with Sarah Xanotti, The Unraveling stars Sarah Zanotti (Faye) and Sam Brooks (Netflix’s Fear Street, Malum). This twisted tale was produced by Kd Amond, Sarah Zanotti, Nichole Lim, and Ryan James Allen. Watch the teaser trailer now and witness The Unraveling now.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 5, 2023

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Horror-Thriller ‘The Woman Under The Stage’ Comes Home

From writer-director Ezekiel Decker (Dancing With Myself) comes The Woman Under the Stage, a film about obsession, perfection, horror, and a woman taking a stab at the role of a lifetime. Co-written by Logan Rinaldi, the film centers on a young woman who discovers how far she will go to achieve immortality while receiving the role of a lifetime in a mysterious stage play that is said to be cursed. Jessica Dawn Willis (Silhouette, False Profits, Surviving the Cartel) and Matthew Tompkins (The Harrowing, Sicario, Confession) star, along with others. Following its successful film festival tour, The Woman Under the Stage is out now on VUDU and will be coming to Prime Video later this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 5, 2023

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This September, A Dark And Dangerous Mystery Unfolds In ‘Shadow Island’

A dark and twisted mystery unfolds in the Swedish horror-thriller Shadow Island, coming to theaters this September. In Shadow Island, an aspiring meteorologist, David (Johan L. Heinstedt), stumbles upon what remains of his father’s work. David sets off to a desert island in the Barents Sea – the one place that may hold the truth about his father’s passing. Confronted by strange lights in the dark, eerie radio disturbances, and a hidden cave, David questions whether or not he’s alone on the island. But his search for truth will lead to a much larger conspiracy. The film marks the feature debut of Johan Storm, who also penned the script. Hanne Mathisen Haga, Joel Wallón, and Magnus Roosmann also star. Discover the secrets that Shadow Island holds when it opens in limited theaters on September 8, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 4, 2023

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Horror Movie Releases For The Week Of September 8, 2023

As Halloween draws near, more and more horror films are landing in theaters and on home release. It really is the best time of the year, and this week, there are a ton of killer horror films headed your way! To learn more about the movie and to watch its trailer, click on the movie’s title. The Exorcist: Believer Theaters “Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and Oscar® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 4, 2023

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