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Revenge Horror-Comedy 'Mean Spirited' Is Out Now

Revenge Horror-Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’ Is Out Now

The Horror Collective’s revenge horror-comedy Mean Spirited is now on Demand and Digital and sees a wannabe influencer set out to bury the hatchet with his celebrity friend, only to find out that he is not quite himself anymore… Written and directed by Jeff Ryan and co-written by Joe Adams (The AV Club), Mean Spirited has a fantastic cast, including Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The BlockIsland Sound), Will Madden (Beast Beast), Daniel Rashid (Beast Beast), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (“Europa”), and Charlie Pollock (“The Good Wife”). Mean Spirited is a First-Names Films production produced by Joe Adams and Owen Williams, executive produced by Shaked Berenson (Slaxx, Tales of Halloween, Turbo Kid), and Owen Williams. It was co-produced by Jacob Andres Padilla. Gerry Pass was co-executive, and Ryan Adams, Julia Hirsch, Charlotte Williams, and Charlie Phoenix were associate-produced. It was lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test), with production design by Kelsey Hannah

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2023
Release Of Blumhouse's Horror Thriller 'Unseen' Is In Sight

A Blind Woman Fights To Survive In New ‘Unseen’ Trailer

A blind woman fights to survive in director Yoko Okumura’s Unseen, whose trailer is out today. In the movie, two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Jolene Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Midori Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Using video call, Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from afar. Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Missi Pyle, and Michael Patrick Lane star in the film from writers Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins. Alexander Kruener, Jeremy Gold, Chris McCumber, and Jason Blum produce. See Unseen on Digital and On Demand on March 7, 2023, or watch it on MGM+ this May, from Blumhouse, MGM+, and Paramount.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2023
Raphael Sbarge Joins The Cast Of David Gordan Green's 'The Exorcist'

Raphael Sbarge Joins The Cast Of David Gordan Green’s ‘The Exorcist’

Production has begun on David Gordon Green’s upcoming film The Exorcist. Yesterday we reported that young Olivia Marcum had joined the cast. Now news has come via Deadline that Raphael Sbarge has been cast as a pastor in the film. Green is directing the new sequel to The Exorcist for Universal, Blumhouse, and Morgan Creek, the first of a new planned trilogy. Leslie Odom Jr., who plays the role of the father of a possessed child, Ellen Burstyn, will reprise her role from the original film as Regan’s mother, Chris MacNeil. They star along with the new cast members Marcum and Raphael Sbarge, who you will recognize from the “Once Upon A Time,” “Gaslit,” and “Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story.” Ann Dowd (Hereditary) and Lidya Jewett (Netflix’s Nightbooks) co-star. The upcoming film marks the first film for the franchise since 2004’s prequel Exorcist: The Beginning. However, there was also a series that premiered in 2016 on FOX. Green’s installment is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2023
'Emily The Criminal's" Theo Rossi Starring In Tubi's 'The Getback'

‘Emily The Criminal’s” Theo Rossi Starring In Tubi’s ‘The Getback’

Theo Rossi, known for his roles in Roadside/Vertical hit Emily the Criminal, for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award, and the hit series “Sons of Anarchy,” will star in The Getback from director Jared Cohn (The Horde). Written by Chad Law and Gerry Charles, the film tells the story of a hard-living bounty hunter that finds and captures a dangerous yet wise-ass criminal, but the two working together to evade the crooked cops and mercenaries trying to kill them both is the hard part. Demetrius Stear, Ace Kohn, Carolina Brasil, and Chadwick Struck produce. Daniel Figueiredo, Ryan Francis, Richard Switzer, Ian Niles, and Chad Law serve as Executive Producers. Production recently wrapped on the film in Mississippi. “We are extremely excited to be working with the talented Theo Rossi”, says Stear. “He’s a committed actor who is dedicated to the process. The level of commitment he brings is second to none.” Tubi, who plans to air the film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Found Footage Horror 'The Outwaters' Unveils New Exclusive Clip

Found Footage Horror ‘The Outwaters’ Unveils New Exclusive Clip

Amongst this week’s releases is the found footage horror The Outwaters. Today, we have a new clip to share with you. You can watch the previously released clip here. In the new “Wind Tunnel” clip, we see a man exploring the unforgiving desert as dust whirls through the air, and he makes a discovery. In the film, “Memory cards unearthed in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert tell the story of four travelers who vanished during a sun-drenched camping trip. One night, everything changes when the foursome is sent on a mind-bending voyage of unrelenting terror into a world of darkness that no human was ever meant to see.” The visceral film had an award-winning festival run — where it was hailed as one of the year’s scariest movies. The Outwaters stars writer-director Robert Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Michelle May, Scott Schamell, and Leslie Ann Banfitc, featuring the original Salem Belladonna music. It is produced by Beau J. Genot and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Dungeons & Dragons Super Bowl TV Spot Is Packed With Action

Dungeons & Dragons Super Bowl TV Spot Is Packed With Action

This year, the Super Bowl TV spots are coming earlier. We already shared the TV spot for Scream VI, and now Paramount has unleashed its Big Game TV Spot for their highly-anticipated action-packed movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which gives us a look at the “greatest evil ever known” and so much more. In the movie, “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the legendary roleplaying game’s rich world and playful spirit to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.” Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant, the action-packed movie will land in theaters on March 31, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Terror Films Takes Viewers Into The Woods This March For 'The Burial'

A Trip To A Remote Cabin Turns Deadly In ‘The Burial’ Trailer

Director Michael Escalante is taking viewers to a remote cabin in the horror film The Burial this March. In the film, Molly’s boyfriend gets a phone call from his estranged brother, and she thinks nothing of joining him on an impromptu family reunion at a remote cabin. However, she soon finds herself taking charge of a deadly situation when the trip’s true purpose is revealed, and good intentions lead to a conflict with pure evil. Faith Kearns, Vernon Taylor, Spencer Weitzel, and Aaron Pyle star in The Burial, which combines horror, drama, thrills, and black humor. Uncover The Burial, premiering on Digital on March 3, 2023, from Terror Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Set Sail This March With Hulu's New Series "Wreck" (Trailer)

Set Sail This March With Hulu’s New Series “Wreck” (Trailer)

Welcome aboard The MS Sacramentum, the cruise liner of your dreams. There’s freedom, fun, and romance…Oh, and a killer duck on the loose… “Wreck,” the new six-episode series from Hulu, is setting sail this March. Fremantle’s UK series “Wreck” is a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The MS Sacramentum cruise ship. The series follows 19-year-old recruit Jamie as he infiltrates the 1000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid-charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias, and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the brutal murders taking place on board. Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth. The series

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
David Yarovesky And Sam Raimi Reunite For '4X4' Remake 'Locked'

David Yarovesky And Sam Raimi Reunite For ‘4X4’ Remake ‘Locked’

Nightbooks director David Yarovesky (Brightburn, Nightbooks) is reuniting with producer Sam Raimi for the action-thriller Locked, Deadline reports. Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) will star in Locked, a remake of the 2019 Argentinian movie 4X4 from Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. “Locked is an intense, character-driven thriller about a thief who breaks into a luxury SUV, only to realize that he’s stumbled into a complex and deadly trap set by a mysterious figure.” Michael Arlen Ross (Oracle) wrote the script for the remake. Here’s a look back at the original film’s trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Yellow Veil Announces New Horror From The Makers Of 'Hellbender'

Yellow Veil Announces New Horror From The Makers Of ‘Hellbender’

Yellow Veil Pictures has announced that the new horror film Where the Devil Roams, from the Adams Family, the family film-making team who brought your Hellbender, is heading to EFM. Today, we’ve got the first still from the film (above). The film has already wrapped principal photography in upstate New York. It is currently in post-production by the celebrated filmmaker trio composed of John Adams and Toby Poser. Their daughter, Zelda Adams — known together as “The Adams Family,” took the industry by storm two years ago with explosive indie horror hit Hellbender, which marked their first pairing with Yellow Veil Pictures. Acquired by Shudder ahead of its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, Hellbender would go on with the festival’s Best Actor (Zelda Adams) and Best Score (John Adams) and earn the #1 spot on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of 2022’s Best Rated Horror Films. It is currently nominated for Fangoria Magazine’s Chainsaw Award for Best

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023

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Revenge Horror-Comedy 'Mean Spirited' Is Out Now

Revenge Horror-Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’ Is Out Now

The Horror Collective’s revenge horror-comedy Mean Spirited is now on Demand and Digital and sees a wannabe influencer set out to bury the hatchet with his celebrity friend, only to find out that he is not quite himself anymore… Written and directed by Jeff Ryan and co-written by Joe Adams (The AV Club), Mean Spirited has a fantastic cast, including Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The BlockIsland Sound), Will Madden (Beast Beast), Daniel Rashid (Beast Beast), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (“Europa”), and Charlie Pollock (“The Good Wife”). Mean Spirited is a First-Names Films production produced by Joe Adams and Owen Williams, executive produced by Shaked Berenson (Slaxx, Tales of Halloween, Turbo Kid), and Owen Williams. It was co-produced by Jacob Andres Padilla. Gerry Pass was co-executive, and Ryan Adams, Julia Hirsch, Charlotte Williams, and Charlie Phoenix were associate-produced. It was lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test), with production design by Kelsey Hannah

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2023
Release Of Blumhouse's Horror Thriller 'Unseen' Is In Sight

A Blind Woman Fights To Survive In New ‘Unseen’ Trailer

A blind woman fights to survive in director Yoko Okumura’s Unseen, whose trailer is out today. In the movie, two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Jolene Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Midori Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Using video call, Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from afar. Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Missi Pyle, and Michael Patrick Lane star in the film from writers Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins. Alexander Kruener, Jeremy Gold, Chris McCumber, and Jason Blum produce. See Unseen on Digital and On Demand on March 7, 2023, or watch it on MGM+ this May, from Blumhouse, MGM+, and Paramount.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2023
Raphael Sbarge Joins The Cast Of David Gordan Green's 'The Exorcist'

Raphael Sbarge Joins The Cast Of David Gordan Green’s ‘The Exorcist’

Production has begun on David Gordon Green’s upcoming film The Exorcist. Yesterday we reported that young Olivia Marcum had joined the cast. Now news has come via Deadline that Raphael Sbarge has been cast as a pastor in the film. Green is directing the new sequel to The Exorcist for Universal, Blumhouse, and Morgan Creek, the first of a new planned trilogy. Leslie Odom Jr., who plays the role of the father of a possessed child, Ellen Burstyn, will reprise her role from the original film as Regan’s mother, Chris MacNeil. They star along with the new cast members Marcum and Raphael Sbarge, who you will recognize from the “Once Upon A Time,” “Gaslit,” and “Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story.” Ann Dowd (Hereditary) and Lidya Jewett (Netflix’s Nightbooks) co-star. The upcoming film marks the first film for the franchise since 2004’s prequel Exorcist: The Beginning. However, there was also a series that premiered in 2016 on FOX. Green’s installment is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2023
'Emily The Criminal's" Theo Rossi Starring In Tubi's 'The Getback'

‘Emily The Criminal’s” Theo Rossi Starring In Tubi’s ‘The Getback’

Theo Rossi, known for his roles in Roadside/Vertical hit Emily the Criminal, for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award, and the hit series “Sons of Anarchy,” will star in The Getback from director Jared Cohn (The Horde). Written by Chad Law and Gerry Charles, the film tells the story of a hard-living bounty hunter that finds and captures a dangerous yet wise-ass criminal, but the two working together to evade the crooked cops and mercenaries trying to kill them both is the hard part. Demetrius Stear, Ace Kohn, Carolina Brasil, and Chadwick Struck produce. Daniel Figueiredo, Ryan Francis, Richard Switzer, Ian Niles, and Chad Law serve as Executive Producers. Production recently wrapped on the film in Mississippi. “We are extremely excited to be working with the talented Theo Rossi”, says Stear. “He’s a committed actor who is dedicated to the process. The level of commitment he brings is second to none.” Tubi, who plans to air the film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Found Footage Horror 'The Outwaters' Unveils New Exclusive Clip

Found Footage Horror ‘The Outwaters’ Unveils New Exclusive Clip

Amongst this week’s releases is the found footage horror The Outwaters. Today, we have a new clip to share with you. You can watch the previously released clip here. In the new “Wind Tunnel” clip, we see a man exploring the unforgiving desert as dust whirls through the air, and he makes a discovery. In the film, “Memory cards unearthed in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert tell the story of four travelers who vanished during a sun-drenched camping trip. One night, everything changes when the foursome is sent on a mind-bending voyage of unrelenting terror into a world of darkness that no human was ever meant to see.” The visceral film had an award-winning festival run — where it was hailed as one of the year’s scariest movies. The Outwaters stars writer-director Robert Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Michelle May, Scott Schamell, and Leslie Ann Banfitc, featuring the original Salem Belladonna music. It is produced by Beau J. Genot and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Dungeons & Dragons Super Bowl TV Spot Is Packed With Action

Dungeons & Dragons Super Bowl TV Spot Is Packed With Action

This year, the Super Bowl TV spots are coming earlier. We already shared the TV spot for Scream VI, and now Paramount has unleashed its Big Game TV Spot for their highly-anticipated action-packed movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which gives us a look at the “greatest evil ever known” and so much more. In the movie, “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the legendary roleplaying game’s rich world and playful spirit to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.” Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant, the action-packed movie will land in theaters on March 31, 2023.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Terror Films Takes Viewers Into The Woods This March For 'The Burial'

A Trip To A Remote Cabin Turns Deadly In ‘The Burial’ Trailer

Director Michael Escalante is taking viewers to a remote cabin in the horror film The Burial this March. In the film, Molly’s boyfriend gets a phone call from his estranged brother, and she thinks nothing of joining him on an impromptu family reunion at a remote cabin. However, she soon finds herself taking charge of a deadly situation when the trip’s true purpose is revealed, and good intentions lead to a conflict with pure evil. Faith Kearns, Vernon Taylor, Spencer Weitzel, and Aaron Pyle star in The Burial, which combines horror, drama, thrills, and black humor. Uncover The Burial, premiering on Digital on March 3, 2023, from Terror Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Set Sail This March With Hulu's New Series "Wreck" (Trailer)

Set Sail This March With Hulu’s New Series “Wreck” (Trailer)

Welcome aboard The MS Sacramentum, the cruise liner of your dreams. There’s freedom, fun, and romance…Oh, and a killer duck on the loose… “Wreck,” the new six-episode series from Hulu, is setting sail this March. Fremantle’s UK series “Wreck” is a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The MS Sacramentum cruise ship. The series follows 19-year-old recruit Jamie as he infiltrates the 1000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid-charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias, and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the brutal murders taking place on board. Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth. The series

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
David Yarovesky And Sam Raimi Reunite For '4X4' Remake 'Locked'

David Yarovesky And Sam Raimi Reunite For ‘4X4’ Remake ‘Locked’

Nightbooks director David Yarovesky (Brightburn, Nightbooks) is reuniting with producer Sam Raimi for the action-thriller Locked, Deadline reports. Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) will star in Locked, a remake of the 2019 Argentinian movie 4X4 from Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. “Locked is an intense, character-driven thriller about a thief who breaks into a luxury SUV, only to realize that he’s stumbled into a complex and deadly trap set by a mysterious figure.” Michael Arlen Ross (Oracle) wrote the script for the remake. Here’s a look back at the original film’s trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
Yellow Veil Announces New Horror From The Makers Of 'Hellbender'

Yellow Veil Announces New Horror From The Makers Of ‘Hellbender’

Yellow Veil Pictures has announced that the new horror film Where the Devil Roams, from the Adams Family, the family film-making team who brought your Hellbender, is heading to EFM. Today, we’ve got the first still from the film (above). The film has already wrapped principal photography in upstate New York. It is currently in post-production by the celebrated filmmaker trio composed of John Adams and Toby Poser. Their daughter, Zelda Adams — known together as “The Adams Family,” took the industry by storm two years ago with explosive indie horror hit Hellbender, which marked their first pairing with Yellow Veil Pictures. Acquired by Shudder ahead of its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, Hellbender would go on with the festival’s Best Actor (Zelda Adams) and Best Score (John Adams) and earn the #1 spot on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of 2022’s Best Rated Horror Films. It is currently nominated for Fangoria Magazine’s Chainsaw Award for Best

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2023
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