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Neil Marshall & Charlotte Kirk Talk Movies & Their New Horror 'The Lair'

Neil Marshall & Charlotte Kirk Talk Movies & Their New Horror ‘The Lair’

Neil Marshall, the brilliant mind behind The Descent and Dog Soldiers, is back with a new tale of terror, The Lair, co-written by Charlotte Kirk, who played the lead role in The Reckoning, and plays the lead in The Lair. I sat down with the two to talk about The Lair which centers on Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair (Kirk) who is shot down over Afghanistan, and finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half-human, half-alien – are awakened.” Kelli: “First, let me start out by saying I’m a huge fan of The Descent. It was brilliant. Neil: “Thank you very much.” Kelli: “I’m also a big fan of the reckoning that movie moved me. You were fantastic in the lead role, by the way, Charlotte.” Neil: “So we really, really appreciate that. Thank you very much.” Charlotte: “Thank you.” Kelli: “There’s a ton of action in The Lair. Charlotte how did

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2022
A Crash Is Just The Beginning In The Trailer For 'Plane' - Starring Gerard Butler & Mike Colter

A Crash Is Just The Beginning In The Trailer For ‘Plane’ – Starring Gerard Butler & Mike Colter

The trailer has landed for director Jean-François Richet‘s action-thriller Plane, starring Gerard Butler and Mike Colter. “In the white-knuckle action movie Plane, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.” The cast also includes Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick, Evan Dane Taylor, Claro de Los Reyes, and Tony Goldwyn. Charles Cumming and J.P. Davis penned the script. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian p.g.a., Marc Butan p.g.a., Gerard Butler, and Alan Siegel p.g.a. produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
"Destination Fear" Returns With An All New Season

“Destination Fear” Returns With An All New Season

Paranormal explorers Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner Wiseman, and Alex Schroeder level up their fear experiment in their darkest, most terrifying road trip yet. In an all-new season of “DESTINATION FEAR,” premiering Friday, November 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and streaming the same day on discovery+, the fear-chasing foursome embrace the darkness more than ever before – physically, emotionally, and psychologically – as they push the boundaries of fear and daringly spend the night inside America’s most sinister and haunted locations. After experiencing hauntings in Europe last season, the likes of which they’ve never seen at home, Dakota is now taking things to an even darker level – literally. Not only is he challenging the team with darker hauntings and locations, but he shocks them with the most disturbing experiment yet: removing flashlights from their armor and forcing them to blindly face the shadows of the night in true darkness. It’s the first of many twisted and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
"The Scariest Film Of The Year," 'Barbarian' Is Now Out On Digital!

“The Scariest Film Of The Year,” ‘Barbarian’ Is Now Out On Digital!

20th Century Studios and New Regency present Barbarian labeled the “scariest movie of the year”. From writer-director Zach Cregger, and noted horror producer Roy Lee (The Ring, The Grudge, and It) comes a film both critics and audiences are raving about. In The film, “Arriving in Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the evening but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest. From 20th Century Studios and New Regency, Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.” Bonus Features: Featurette Behind Barbarian – Director Zach Cregger and the cast and crew discuss both the unique and familiar horror elements that make Barbarian terrifying and reveal the inspiration behind the horrific tale. Deleted Scenes Bonnie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
CD Projekt Red Remaking 'The Witcher'

CD Projekt Red Remaking ‘The Witcher’

CD Projekt Red earlier this month hinted that a game was in the works codenamed “Canis Majoris”. Today CDPR revealed that this secretive project is in fact The Witcher Remake. The remake of the widely popular 2007 RPG that has spawned two sequels, multiple spin-off games, and a TV series is said to be remade from the “ground up” using engine 5 technology with game developer Fool Theory heading it up. Veteran developers who worked on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be working on the remake as well, hopefully easing the anxiety fans might feel hearing about the remake. The Witcher series overall is about a monster hunter named Geralt of Rivia who is known as a Witcher, a monster hunter with supernatural powers, that hunts monsters in a fantasy medieval world. The games are based on the Polish book series of the same name by Andrezej Sapkowski. The game is in

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 26, 2022
Underrated Horror: 'Skeleton Key' Unlocks The Horrors Of Hoodoo

Underrated Horror: ‘Skeleton Key’ Unlocks The Horrors Of Hoodoo

There are a lot of underrated horror films that have been released over the years. One that is criminally underrated is 2005’s Skeleton Key from director Ians Softly, and the writer of The Ring. And it happens to be one of my favorites. The movie is set in a once grand plantation that stands against the beautiful backdrop of the bayou of Louisiana where it has stood for over a century. Caroline works as a hospice nurse and is there caring for Ben, the man of the house (John Hurt) in his final days. His wife (Gena Rowlands), a domineering woman, believes Caroline’s presence is not needed but is convinced by her young lawyer (Peter Sarsgaard) to accept the help. But there’s much more to the story, there is a nefarious plot in the works. Skeleton Key is unlike any film you’ve seen before. It’s also full of intrigue, spookiness, and tension. Hoodoo plays a huge part in the story,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
'V/H/S/99' Dethrones Its Predecessor As Most Watched Thing On Shudder

‘V/H/S/99’ Dethrones Its Predecessor As Most Watched Thing On Shudder

Shudder’s Original Film V/H/S/99, the fifth installment in Studio71’s blockbuster V/H/S film franchise and the second to premiere exclusively on Shudder since the streamer revived the franchise last year. V/H/S/99 premiered a few days ago to record numbers in its opening weekend. Through its first four days of release, the film registered 28% more unique viewers than the previous record holder, V/H/S/94, which premiered on Shudder in 2021. V/H/S/99 also accounted for nearly 22% of all on-demand streams on Shudder during the same time period and was AMC+’s #1 most-watched movie of the weekend. In V/H/S/99, a thirsty teenager’s home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations. The film features five new stories from filmmakers Maggie Levin (Into The Dark: My Valentine), Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City), Flying Lotus (Kuso), Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls) and Joseph & Vanessa Winter (Deadstream). Shudder recently announced the greenlight of a sixth installment of the found footage

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
"Stargirl" Actress Amy Smart Is Leading The Cast Of Upcoming Thriller 'Blunt'

“Stargirl” Actress Amy Smart Is Leading The Cast Of Upcoming Thriller ‘Blunt’

Amy Smart (Stargirl, Just Friends, Crank), Matt Davis (Legally Blonde, “The Vampire Diaries,” Blue Crush), Ne-Yo (Battle Los Angeles, Stomp the Yard), Billy Zane (Titanic, The Phantom) and Greer Grammer (Deadly Illusions) are set to star in writer-director Anna Elizabeth James’ Blunt, Voltage Pictures President, and COO Jonathan Deckterannounced today. In this mystery thriller, “a single mother (Smart) wakes up to find herself hogtied and held captive at her country vacation rental by an unknown assailant. In a race against time, she must piece together clues from the previous guests to find out who assaulted her, and hopefully survive the ordeal.” James produces under her Kiss and Tale Productions banner alongside Richard Switzer, Julie Gause, Paul Luba and Chad Verdi Jr. Executive producers are Larry Galluzzo and Tim Bien. James’ previous film, the suspenseful thriller, Deadly Illusions, was number one worldwide for eight days upon release on Netflix in 2021. Voltage also represented rights on the runaway success. “Deadly Illusions

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
The True Story Inspired Horror 'A Savannah Haunting' Premieres This Week On Digital

The True Story Inspired Horror ‘A Savannah Haunting’ Premieres This Week On Digital

This October, witness a tale of heartbreak, mourning, and a terrifying haunting in A Savannah Haunting, from writer-director William Mark McCullough whose real-life paranormal experiences the film is based on. To top it off, the movie was filmed in the actual house where he experienced the activity. “A Savannah Haunting centers around a family who moves to Savannah, Georgia to escape the memory of their young daughter’s tragic drowning. Once in their new home, the mother begins to experience chilling phenomena that lead her to believe she is being haunted by her dead daughter. But an old black woman with ties to the home’s slavery past warns there may be darker, more sinister forces dwelling beneath the house. The family is torn apart as the haunting turns each of them against the other. Will they discover what is inside their home before it’s too late?” “Cobra Kai,” “Dopesick,” and “Creepshow” actress Gena Shaw, who sat down with us for an

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
'The Sleep Experiment' Will Give You Nightmares This November (Trailer)

‘The Sleep Experiment’ Will Give You Nightmares This November (Trailer)

Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard the story of the infamous Russian Sleep Experiments. Red Water Entertainment has now announced the North American VOD debut of John Farrelly‘s film about the horrifying tests, which is said to explore the real-life horrors of what humanity is capable of when pushed to its limits. The Sleep Experiment is the first feature from writer-director John Farrelly, who was named Ireland’s “Young Filmmaker of the Year” in 2018 for his short Choice. The Irish psychological horror-thriller stars Rob James Capel, Will Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, Barry John Kinsella, and Will Murphy. In the film, Two detectives begin an investigation into the ethics involved in the top-secret research facility, Porton Down. One experiment, in particular, stands out to them as the most horrific, The Sleep Experiment, a scientific experiment that took place during the Cold War. The experiment consisted of five prisoners, deemed Enemies of the State, being locked in a sealed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022

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Neil Marshall & Charlotte Kirk Talk Movies & Their New Horror 'The Lair'

Neil Marshall & Charlotte Kirk Talk Movies & Their New Horror ‘The Lair’

Neil Marshall, the brilliant mind behind The Descent and Dog Soldiers, is back with a new tale of terror, The Lair, co-written by Charlotte Kirk, who played the lead role in The Reckoning, and plays the lead in The Lair. I sat down with the two to talk about The Lair which centers on Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair (Kirk) who is shot down over Afghanistan, and finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half-human, half-alien – are awakened.” Kelli: “First, let me start out by saying I’m a huge fan of The Descent. It was brilliant. Neil: “Thank you very much.” Kelli: “I’m also a big fan of the reckoning that movie moved me. You were fantastic in the lead role, by the way, Charlotte.” Neil: “So we really, really appreciate that. Thank you very much.” Charlotte: “Thank you.” Kelli: “There’s a ton of action in The Lair. Charlotte how did

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2022
A Crash Is Just The Beginning In The Trailer For 'Plane' - Starring Gerard Butler & Mike Colter

A Crash Is Just The Beginning In The Trailer For ‘Plane’ – Starring Gerard Butler & Mike Colter

The trailer has landed for director Jean-François Richet‘s action-thriller Plane, starring Gerard Butler and Mike Colter. “In the white-knuckle action movie Plane, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.” The cast also includes Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick, Evan Dane Taylor, Claro de Los Reyes, and Tony Goldwyn. Charles Cumming and J.P. Davis penned the script. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian p.g.a., Marc Butan p.g.a., Gerard Butler, and Alan Siegel p.g.a. produce.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
"Destination Fear" Returns With An All New Season

“Destination Fear” Returns With An All New Season

Paranormal explorers Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner Wiseman, and Alex Schroeder level up their fear experiment in their darkest, most terrifying road trip yet. In an all-new season of “DESTINATION FEAR,” premiering Friday, November 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and streaming the same day on discovery+, the fear-chasing foursome embrace the darkness more than ever before – physically, emotionally, and psychologically – as they push the boundaries of fear and daringly spend the night inside America’s most sinister and haunted locations. After experiencing hauntings in Europe last season, the likes of which they’ve never seen at home, Dakota is now taking things to an even darker level – literally. Not only is he challenging the team with darker hauntings and locations, but he shocks them with the most disturbing experiment yet: removing flashlights from their armor and forcing them to blindly face the shadows of the night in true darkness. It’s the first of many twisted and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
"The Scariest Film Of The Year," 'Barbarian' Is Now Out On Digital!

“The Scariest Film Of The Year,” ‘Barbarian’ Is Now Out On Digital!

20th Century Studios and New Regency present Barbarian labeled the “scariest movie of the year”. From writer-director Zach Cregger, and noted horror producer Roy Lee (The Ring, The Grudge, and It) comes a film both critics and audiences are raving about. In The film, “Arriving in Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the evening but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest. From 20th Century Studios and New Regency, Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.” Bonus Features: Featurette Behind Barbarian – Director Zach Cregger and the cast and crew discuss both the unique and familiar horror elements that make Barbarian terrifying and reveal the inspiration behind the horrific tale. Deleted Scenes Bonnie

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2022
CD Projekt Red Remaking 'The Witcher'

CD Projekt Red Remaking ‘The Witcher’

CD Projekt Red earlier this month hinted that a game was in the works codenamed “Canis Majoris”. Today CDPR revealed that this secretive project is in fact The Witcher Remake. The remake of the widely popular 2007 RPG that has spawned two sequels, multiple spin-off games, and a TV series is said to be remade from the “ground up” using engine 5 technology with game developer Fool Theory heading it up. Veteran developers who worked on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be working on the remake as well, hopefully easing the anxiety fans might feel hearing about the remake. The Witcher series overall is about a monster hunter named Geralt of Rivia who is known as a Witcher, a monster hunter with supernatural powers, that hunts monsters in a fantasy medieval world. The games are based on the Polish book series of the same name by Andrezej Sapkowski. The game is in

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 26, 2022
Underrated Horror: 'Skeleton Key' Unlocks The Horrors Of Hoodoo

Underrated Horror: ‘Skeleton Key’ Unlocks The Horrors Of Hoodoo

There are a lot of underrated horror films that have been released over the years. One that is criminally underrated is 2005’s Skeleton Key from director Ians Softly, and the writer of The Ring. And it happens to be one of my favorites. The movie is set in a once grand plantation that stands against the beautiful backdrop of the bayou of Louisiana where it has stood for over a century. Caroline works as a hospice nurse and is there caring for Ben, the man of the house (John Hurt) in his final days. His wife (Gena Rowlands), a domineering woman, believes Caroline’s presence is not needed but is convinced by her young lawyer (Peter Sarsgaard) to accept the help. But there’s much more to the story, there is a nefarious plot in the works. Skeleton Key is unlike any film you’ve seen before. It’s also full of intrigue, spookiness, and tension. Hoodoo plays a huge part in the story,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
'V/H/S/99' Dethrones Its Predecessor As Most Watched Thing On Shudder

‘V/H/S/99’ Dethrones Its Predecessor As Most Watched Thing On Shudder

Shudder’s Original Film V/H/S/99, the fifth installment in Studio71’s blockbuster V/H/S film franchise and the second to premiere exclusively on Shudder since the streamer revived the franchise last year. V/H/S/99 premiered a few days ago to record numbers in its opening weekend. Through its first four days of release, the film registered 28% more unique viewers than the previous record holder, V/H/S/94, which premiered on Shudder in 2021. V/H/S/99 also accounted for nearly 22% of all on-demand streams on Shudder during the same time period and was AMC+’s #1 most-watched movie of the weekend. In V/H/S/99, a thirsty teenager’s home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations. The film features five new stories from filmmakers Maggie Levin (Into The Dark: My Valentine), Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City), Flying Lotus (Kuso), Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls) and Joseph & Vanessa Winter (Deadstream). Shudder recently announced the greenlight of a sixth installment of the found footage

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
"Stargirl" Actress Amy Smart Is Leading The Cast Of Upcoming Thriller 'Blunt'

“Stargirl” Actress Amy Smart Is Leading The Cast Of Upcoming Thriller ‘Blunt’

Amy Smart (Stargirl, Just Friends, Crank), Matt Davis (Legally Blonde, “The Vampire Diaries,” Blue Crush), Ne-Yo (Battle Los Angeles, Stomp the Yard), Billy Zane (Titanic, The Phantom) and Greer Grammer (Deadly Illusions) are set to star in writer-director Anna Elizabeth James’ Blunt, Voltage Pictures President, and COO Jonathan Deckterannounced today. In this mystery thriller, “a single mother (Smart) wakes up to find herself hogtied and held captive at her country vacation rental by an unknown assailant. In a race against time, she must piece together clues from the previous guests to find out who assaulted her, and hopefully survive the ordeal.” James produces under her Kiss and Tale Productions banner alongside Richard Switzer, Julie Gause, Paul Luba and Chad Verdi Jr. Executive producers are Larry Galluzzo and Tim Bien. James’ previous film, the suspenseful thriller, Deadly Illusions, was number one worldwide for eight days upon release on Netflix in 2021. Voltage also represented rights on the runaway success. “Deadly Illusions

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
The True Story Inspired Horror 'A Savannah Haunting' Premieres This Week On Digital

The True Story Inspired Horror ‘A Savannah Haunting’ Premieres This Week On Digital

This October, witness a tale of heartbreak, mourning, and a terrifying haunting in A Savannah Haunting, from writer-director William Mark McCullough whose real-life paranormal experiences the film is based on. To top it off, the movie was filmed in the actual house where he experienced the activity. “A Savannah Haunting centers around a family who moves to Savannah, Georgia to escape the memory of their young daughter’s tragic drowning. Once in their new home, the mother begins to experience chilling phenomena that lead her to believe she is being haunted by her dead daughter. But an old black woman with ties to the home’s slavery past warns there may be darker, more sinister forces dwelling beneath the house. The family is torn apart as the haunting turns each of them against the other. Will they discover what is inside their home before it’s too late?” “Cobra Kai,” “Dopesick,” and “Creepshow” actress Gena Shaw, who sat down with us for an

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
'The Sleep Experiment' Will Give You Nightmares This November (Trailer)

‘The Sleep Experiment’ Will Give You Nightmares This November (Trailer)

Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard the story of the infamous Russian Sleep Experiments. Red Water Entertainment has now announced the North American VOD debut of John Farrelly‘s film about the horrifying tests, which is said to explore the real-life horrors of what humanity is capable of when pushed to its limits. The Sleep Experiment is the first feature from writer-director John Farrelly, who was named Ireland’s “Young Filmmaker of the Year” in 2018 for his short Choice. The Irish psychological horror-thriller stars Rob James Capel, Will Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, Barry John Kinsella, and Will Murphy. In the film, Two detectives begin an investigation into the ethics involved in the top-secret research facility, Porton Down. One experiment, in particular, stands out to them as the most horrific, The Sleep Experiment, a scientific experiment that took place during the Cold War. The experiment consisted of five prisoners, deemed Enemies of the State, being locked in a sealed

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2022
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