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A Clinical Trial Gives Birth To Terror This April In Hulu's 'Clock'

A Clinical Trial Gives Birth To Terror This April In Hulu’s ‘Clock’

From writer-director Alexis Jacknow comes the new film Clock. Time is ticking. Watch the new trailer for Clock before its April premiere on Hulu. In the film, starring Dianna Agron (The Family), Melora Hardin (“The Office”), Saul Rubinek (“Hunters”), and Jay Ali (“Daredevil”), a woman is desperate to fix her broken biological clock. Instead, as medical trial induces terror. Clock premieres on Hulu on April 28, 2023.

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Apr 10, 2023
Remake Of The Infamous Doc 'Faces Of Death' Announces Cast

Remake Of The Infamous Doc ‘Faces Of Death’ Announces Cast

When I was a kid we had a video rental store where for an extra $5 kids could rent horror movies without an adult. One of the most notorious movies offered was Faces of Death, which kind of served as a right of passage, and it left kids scarred for life after watching real death scenes and the aftermath of real deaths. Now, a remake of the infamous 1978 documentary-style film Faces of Death, which is still banned in 46 countries, is set to begin filming this month. Deadline is reporting that Josie Totah (“Saved By The Bell”) has joined the cast alongside Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”) and “Stranger Things” actor Dacre Montgomery. Legendary Entertainment is behind the new version of John Alan Schwartz’s controversial cult classic. Isa Mazzei co-wrote the new script along with Daniel Goldhaber, who is also directing. The original, brutal film centers on pathologist Francis B. Gross and includes footage of different gruesome ways of dying, surgeries,

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10 Horror Comedies Streaming Now On Tubi (Part I)

10 Horror Comedies Streaming Now On Tubi (Part I)

The only thing we love more than a scary movie is a horror comedy that will leave you in stitches. Tubi has a ton of horror comedies, and we’ve got a list of some of the best the free service has to offer (in no particular order). Burying the Ex (2014) Joe Dante’s fun flick finds a guy regretting moving in with his girlfriend when she dies and returns as a zombie. How can he move on when she won’t die? Office Uprising (2018) An employee at a weapons factory discovers that an energy drink turns his co-workers into zombies. Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil (2010) This classic horror comedy is as good as it gets. It offers everything a horror fan could want: blood, gore, and plenty of action, and it’s funny as hell. Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college

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'Renfield' Bares Its Fangs On Peacock

Win Prizes By Playing The Movie Based Game “Free Renfield”

The wait for Universal’s horror-comedy Renfield is nearly over, but while you wait, you can enter the world of the film by sinking your fangs into a new game, “Free Renfield,” from Aptos Labs, Signal and Cipher, and Forward Studios. The interactive, point-driven, web-based game allows fans to enter and win one of 8,000 fangtastic Dracula-themed prizes, including a vintage 1967 Dracula pinball machine! The game, which is free to play, is available on mobile devices as well as computers. It’s live now and will only be available through April 20th. Return daily to play and earn more points. You can play “Free Renfield” HERE. Starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as the title character, the movie “is a modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula. Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But

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Sink Into The Survival Thriller 'Quicksand' This Week On Shudder

Shudder Announces Premiere Of Survival Thriller ‘Quicksand’

Shudder has just announced the June premiere date for the film Quicksand, directed by Andrés Beltrán (Malyerba) and written by Matt Pitts (“Westworld”). The English-language film shot entirely in Bogota, Colombia, follows an American couple on the brink of divorce who travels to Colombia for a work conference. While hiking through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape. Carolina Gaitán (Encanto, “Narcos”) and Allan Hawco (Jack Ryan, Republic of Doyle) star. Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films, which is a joint venture between Colombian outfit Elemental Stories and U.S. companies 222 Pictures and Dawn’s Light Movies, produced by Jason Cherubini, Nicolás Reyes, Sean Patrick Burke and executive produced by Richard Switzer, Martin Ramos, John Harris, and Kris Meyer. Director Andrés Beltrán said, “Making QUICKSAND was such a thrilling

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Home Invasion Thriller 'I'll Be Watching' Breaking Onto Digital (Trailer)

Home Invasion Thriller ‘I’ll Be Watching’ Breaking Onto Digital (Trailer)

Uncork’d Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the nail-biting home invasion thriller I’ll Be Watching, starring actress (‘’The 100’’, The November Man) and social media sensation Eliza Taylor. In the film, “After Julie’s sister was murdered, she and her tech-genius husband move to the country, and he installs a top-notch security system that he developed. When he leaves on a work trip, she gets trapped inside and is convinced that the killer is having fun playing a sick game of psychological torture before killing her like her sister. Bob Morley (“Love Me”), veteran actor David Keith (Daredevil, An Officer and a Gentlemen), Seth Michaels (Red Notice), Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”), and Hannah Fierman (V/H/S) also star in the Erik Bernard-directed feature. Michaels and Sometti negotiated the deal on behalf of the film team with Keith Leopard of Uncork’d Entertainment. “A great thriller full of twists and turns that’s part psychological thriller, part science-fiction thriller, Director Erik Bernard has made

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Celebrate Pride Month With These LBGTQ+ Horror Movies

Gay Horror Comedy ‘Summoning Sylvia’ Haunts Digital & VOD Today

The LGBTQ+ horror-comedy Summoning Sylvia is slashing its way onto Digital today! “The movie follows a gay bachelor party which takes a spooky turn when the groom’s straight ex-military brother crashes the proceedings, and sinister spirits are summoned.” Summoning Sylvia was directed by Wesley Taylor (a Broadway veteran known for Rock of Ages and The Addams Family) and Alex Wyse (returning to Broadway this season in Good Night Oscar), making their directorial debuts, which they also wrote together. The directors commented, “Ultimately a celebration of queer friendship, the film explores the assumptions we make about each other, which can lead to some super silly scary spooky s—!” The cast includes Travis Coles (Dollhouse), Frankie Grande (Spree), Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Troy Iwata (Dash & Lily), Noah Ricketts (American Gods), Nicholas Logan (I Care a Lot), Tony-nominee Veanne Cox, Camden Garcia (Station 19) and Sean Grandillo (Scream: The TV Series). Summoning Sylvia is coming to VOD and Digital release on April

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Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For Zombie Movie 'STRAIN 100'

Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For Zombie Movie ‘STRAIN 100’

Jemma Dallender (I Spit on Your Grave 2) stars in STRAIN 100, infecting audiences this April from Uncork’d Entertainment. “After surviving a terrifying car crash, a young woman discovers that aggressive, flesh-eating zombies have overtaken the entire area. She must figure out what is happening and why in hopes of escaping her horrifying circumstances.” Co-written and directed by Hassan Hussein, the chilling horror adventure also stars Matt Carriker and Alex Rogers and will be available on Digital on April 11, 2013.

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From The Director Who Brought You Hereditary Comes 'Beau Is Not Afraid' (Premiere Date)

From The Director Who Brought You Hereditary Comes ‘Beau Is Not Afraid’ (Premiere Date)

A24 and writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) have teamed up again this time for the unnerving film Beau Is Afraid. Originally titled Disappointment Blvd., the movie stars Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix as a mild-mannered anxiety-ridden man who following the sudden death of his mother, confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. The film co-stars Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune), Denis Ménochet (The French Dispatch), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Hayley Squires (In the Earth), and Zoe Lister-Jones (the director of The Craft: Legacy). Nathan Lane (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”), Patti LuPone (“Hollywood”), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”) also star. Aster and Lars Knudsen are producing for Square Peg. Beau is Afraid opens in theaters on April 21, 2023. Get your tickets HERE.

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'The Boogeyman' Scares Up New Clips To Celebrate Home Release

New King Adaptation Will Introduce You To ‘The Boogeyman’ This Summer

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s tale, The Boogeyman, is on its way. The theatrical release has now been announced for the summer. In the film, a man named Lester Billings talks to his psychiatrist about the “murders” of his three young children, describing the events of the past several years. His first two children died mysteriously of apparently unrelated causes (diagnosed as crib death and convulsions, respectively) when left alone in their bedrooms. The only commonalities were that the children cried, “Boogeyman!” and the closet door was found ajar after discovering their corpses, even though Billings is certain the door was shut. Host and “Bite Size Horror” director Rob Savage is at the helm of the film that began filming this past spring and will expand on the original tale. The film stars David Dastmalchian, Chris Messian, Sophie Thatcher, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Lyre Blair. Written by Scott Beck and Mark Heyman, The Boogeyman will open in theaters on

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A Clinical Trial Gives Birth To Terror This April In Hulu's 'Clock'

A Clinical Trial Gives Birth To Terror This April In Hulu’s ‘Clock’

From writer-director Alexis Jacknow comes the new film Clock. Time is ticking. Watch the new trailer for Clock before its April premiere on Hulu. In the film, starring Dianna Agron (The Family), Melora Hardin (“The Office”), Saul Rubinek (“Hunters”), and Jay Ali (“Daredevil”), a woman is desperate to fix her broken biological clock. Instead, as medical trial induces terror. Clock premieres on Hulu on April 28, 2023.

Continue reading →
Apr 10, 2023
Remake Of The Infamous Doc 'Faces Of Death' Announces Cast

Remake Of The Infamous Doc ‘Faces Of Death’ Announces Cast

When I was a kid we had a video rental store where for an extra $5 kids could rent horror movies without an adult. One of the most notorious movies offered was Faces of Death, which kind of served as a right of passage, and it left kids scarred for life after watching real death scenes and the aftermath of real deaths. Now, a remake of the infamous 1978 documentary-style film Faces of Death, which is still banned in 46 countries, is set to begin filming this month. Deadline is reporting that Josie Totah (“Saved By The Bell”) has joined the cast alongside Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”) and “Stranger Things” actor Dacre Montgomery. Legendary Entertainment is behind the new version of John Alan Schwartz’s controversial cult classic. Isa Mazzei co-wrote the new script along with Daniel Goldhaber, who is also directing. The original, brutal film centers on pathologist Francis B. Gross and includes footage of different gruesome ways of dying, surgeries,

Continue reading →
10 Horror Comedies Streaming Now On Tubi (Part I)

10 Horror Comedies Streaming Now On Tubi (Part I)

The only thing we love more than a scary movie is a horror comedy that will leave you in stitches. Tubi has a ton of horror comedies, and we’ve got a list of some of the best the free service has to offer (in no particular order). Burying the Ex (2014) Joe Dante’s fun flick finds a guy regretting moving in with his girlfriend when she dies and returns as a zombie. How can he move on when she won’t die? Office Uprising (2018) An employee at a weapons factory discovers that an energy drink turns his co-workers into zombies. Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil (2010) This classic horror comedy is as good as it gets. It offers everything a horror fan could want: blood, gore, and plenty of action, and it’s funny as hell. Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college

Continue reading →
'Renfield' Bares Its Fangs On Peacock

Win Prizes By Playing The Movie Based Game “Free Renfield”

The wait for Universal’s horror-comedy Renfield is nearly over, but while you wait, you can enter the world of the film by sinking your fangs into a new game, “Free Renfield,” from Aptos Labs, Signal and Cipher, and Forward Studios. The interactive, point-driven, web-based game allows fans to enter and win one of 8,000 fangtastic Dracula-themed prizes, including a vintage 1967 Dracula pinball machine! The game, which is free to play, is available on mobile devices as well as computers. It’s live now and will only be available through April 20th. Return daily to play and earn more points. You can play “Free Renfield” HERE. Starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as the title character, the movie “is a modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula. Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But

Continue reading →
Sink Into The Survival Thriller 'Quicksand' This Week On Shudder

Shudder Announces Premiere Of Survival Thriller ‘Quicksand’

Shudder has just announced the June premiere date for the film Quicksand, directed by Andrés Beltrán (Malyerba) and written by Matt Pitts (“Westworld”). The English-language film shot entirely in Bogota, Colombia, follows an American couple on the brink of divorce who travels to Colombia for a work conference. While hiking through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape. Carolina Gaitán (Encanto, “Narcos”) and Allan Hawco (Jack Ryan, Republic of Doyle) star. Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films, which is a joint venture between Colombian outfit Elemental Stories and U.S. companies 222 Pictures and Dawn’s Light Movies, produced by Jason Cherubini, Nicolás Reyes, Sean Patrick Burke and executive produced by Richard Switzer, Martin Ramos, John Harris, and Kris Meyer. Director Andrés Beltrán said, “Making QUICKSAND was such a thrilling

Continue reading →
Home Invasion Thriller 'I'll Be Watching' Breaking Onto Digital (Trailer)

Home Invasion Thriller ‘I’ll Be Watching’ Breaking Onto Digital (Trailer)

Uncork’d Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the nail-biting home invasion thriller I’ll Be Watching, starring actress (‘’The 100’’, The November Man) and social media sensation Eliza Taylor. In the film, “After Julie’s sister was murdered, she and her tech-genius husband move to the country, and he installs a top-notch security system that he developed. When he leaves on a work trip, she gets trapped inside and is convinced that the killer is having fun playing a sick game of psychological torture before killing her like her sister. Bob Morley (“Love Me”), veteran actor David Keith (Daredevil, An Officer and a Gentlemen), Seth Michaels (Red Notice), Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”), and Hannah Fierman (V/H/S) also star in the Erik Bernard-directed feature. Michaels and Sometti negotiated the deal on behalf of the film team with Keith Leopard of Uncork’d Entertainment. “A great thriller full of twists and turns that’s part psychological thriller, part science-fiction thriller, Director Erik Bernard has made

Continue reading →
Celebrate Pride Month With These LBGTQ+ Horror Movies

Gay Horror Comedy ‘Summoning Sylvia’ Haunts Digital & VOD Today

The LGBTQ+ horror-comedy Summoning Sylvia is slashing its way onto Digital today! “The movie follows a gay bachelor party which takes a spooky turn when the groom’s straight ex-military brother crashes the proceedings, and sinister spirits are summoned.” Summoning Sylvia was directed by Wesley Taylor (a Broadway veteran known for Rock of Ages and The Addams Family) and Alex Wyse (returning to Broadway this season in Good Night Oscar), making their directorial debuts, which they also wrote together. The directors commented, “Ultimately a celebration of queer friendship, the film explores the assumptions we make about each other, which can lead to some super silly scary spooky s—!” The cast includes Travis Coles (Dollhouse), Frankie Grande (Spree), Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Troy Iwata (Dash & Lily), Noah Ricketts (American Gods), Nicholas Logan (I Care a Lot), Tony-nominee Veanne Cox, Camden Garcia (Station 19) and Sean Grandillo (Scream: The TV Series). Summoning Sylvia is coming to VOD and Digital release on April

Continue reading →
Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For Zombie Movie 'STRAIN 100'

Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For Zombie Movie ‘STRAIN 100’

Jemma Dallender (I Spit on Your Grave 2) stars in STRAIN 100, infecting audiences this April from Uncork’d Entertainment. “After surviving a terrifying car crash, a young woman discovers that aggressive, flesh-eating zombies have overtaken the entire area. She must figure out what is happening and why in hopes of escaping her horrifying circumstances.” Co-written and directed by Hassan Hussein, the chilling horror adventure also stars Matt Carriker and Alex Rogers and will be available on Digital on April 11, 2013.

Continue reading →
From The Director Who Brought You Hereditary Comes 'Beau Is Not Afraid' (Premiere Date)

From The Director Who Brought You Hereditary Comes ‘Beau Is Not Afraid’ (Premiere Date)

A24 and writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) have teamed up again this time for the unnerving film Beau Is Afraid. Originally titled Disappointment Blvd., the movie stars Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix as a mild-mannered anxiety-ridden man who following the sudden death of his mother, confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. The film co-stars Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune), Denis Ménochet (The French Dispatch), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Hayley Squires (In the Earth), and Zoe Lister-Jones (the director of The Craft: Legacy). Nathan Lane (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”), Patti LuPone (“Hollywood”), Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”) also star. Aster and Lars Knudsen are producing for Square Peg. Beau is Afraid opens in theaters on April 21, 2023. Get your tickets HERE.

Continue reading →
'The Boogeyman' Scares Up New Clips To Celebrate Home Release

New King Adaptation Will Introduce You To ‘The Boogeyman’ This Summer

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s tale, The Boogeyman, is on its way. The theatrical release has now been announced for the summer. In the film, a man named Lester Billings talks to his psychiatrist about the “murders” of his three young children, describing the events of the past several years. His first two children died mysteriously of apparently unrelated causes (diagnosed as crib death and convulsions, respectively) when left alone in their bedrooms. The only commonalities were that the children cried, “Boogeyman!” and the closet door was found ajar after discovering their corpses, even though Billings is certain the door was shut. Host and “Bite Size Horror” director Rob Savage is at the helm of the film that began filming this past spring and will expand on the original tale. The film stars David Dastmalchian, Chris Messian, Sophie Thatcher, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Lyre Blair. Written by Scott Beck and Mark Heyman, The Boogeyman will open in theaters on

Continue reading →