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When I first heard that Hulu’s new movie Prey, a new installment of the Predator franchise, would be set in the past I had questions about how that would work and if it would even be worth watching, I mean. Let’s face it, most of the recent Predator movies suck. I got comfy, snuggled up with my dogs (Freyja and Rosie), and settled in. And I hit play on what I was expecting to be hot garbage. But that’s not what I got. Instead, I got a great movie. Prey follows Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior, who has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her tribe, she sets out to protect her people, stalking and ultimately fighting what turns out to be an alien predator. First, I want to express how grateful I am that the Native American characters are actually played by
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This August, dive into Saban Films’ shark thriller Maneater, from writer-director Justin Lee, which follows a group of friends on a getaway faced with a man-eating shark. “What better place to drown your sorrows than an idyllic island paradise? That was the idea when Jesse’s friends convinced her to not let a broken engagement stand in the way of enjoying her prepaid honeymoon. Their sorrows weren’t the only thing going to drown on their trip, especially with a man-eating shark swimming just below the surface.” The action-packed survival film stars Nicky Whelan (Halloween II), musician/actor Trace Adkins (I Can Only Imagine), Jeff Fahey (“Lost”), and Shane West (Escape the Field). Maneater swims into theaters, on to Digital, and On Demand on August 26, 2022, from Saban Films.
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From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard comes Thirteen Lives which recounts the incredible true story of the rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave during a rainstorm in 2018, leaving people around the world glued to their TVs as the rescue unfolded. To celebrate its release, we’ve got a new clip in which rescues first locate the missing children. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process. Written by William Nicholson, based on a story by Nicholson and Don Macpherson, the film features an all-star cast that
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IDW (NYSE American: IDW), a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms, announced today it is teaming up with Ánima (Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires, Legend Quest, Space Chickens in Space), the leading animation studio in Latin America, to develop and produce an adult animated television series based on IDW Publishing’s Brutal Nature comic books. Created by Saracino and Olivetti and produced by Fernando De Fuentes S and José C. García de Letona, alongside the IDW team, Brutal Nature is about a collection of masks that transforms a young man into innumerable beasts and monsters. The Brutal Nature comic, first published in 2016, is a twist on the Spanish conquest of South America in which a young man is in possession of a set of masks that transform him into great beasts and monsters which he becomes in order to keep the Spanish from wiping out villages. With
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Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone, which recently opened in theaters on June 24th, bringing in $100,000,000 worldwide, is out next week on home release! The movie centers on “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney. Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke appears in the terrifying role of his career and Mason Thames in his film debut, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson who wrote and directed Sinister, which also starred Hawke. He’s also behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also star. The film’s screenplay is by
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Camp counselors are hunted in the long-awaited sequel to cult slasher, Don’t F*ck in the Woods, which comes home this October. Following the arrival of a mysterious woman, a group of camp counselors partying before the summer season begins must face off against parasitic monsters that are attracted to sexual activity. The long-awaited sequel to Shawn Burkett’s 2016 cult hit film stars Brittany Blanton, Cheyenne Gordon, Julie Anne Prescott, Kaylee Williams, Mark Justice, and Jason Crowe. Don’t F*ck in the Woods 2 slashes its way onto Digital on October 11, 2022, with a Blu-ray release to follow in December from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Better Noise Music has just released the theme song, “21 Bullets” as well as the new trailer for the horror film The Retaliators, directed by Bridget Smith and Samuel Gonzalez Jr. In anticipation of the forthcoming cinematic release of BETTER NOISE FILMS’ new horror-thriller, they have released the movie’s theme song along with a music video featuring clips from the film. “The Retaliators Theme Song (21 Bullets)”, co-written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael of Sixx: A.M., features Mötley Crüe, Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills, From Ashes To New and is featured on The Retaliators Original Motion Picture Soundtrack due out September 16, 2022. “Writing a new theme song for a horror flick was inspiring,” says Sixx. “This was my first time writing for a horror-thriller film, and it took me in a different direction from the first theme song I wrote – ‘The Dirt (1981)’ by Mötley Crüe. I worked with some great new artists to create a new
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Orlando Rodriguez (13 Fanboy) joins Bonnie Aarons (The Nun, Conjuring 2), Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising), and Devanny Pinn (House of Manson) in the new horror film, Camp Pleasant Lake. Set “on Halloween weekend, 20 years ago at Camp Pleasant Lake, little Echo Meadows was kidnapped, and her parents were brutally murdered. In the aftermath, the camp was shut down and left abandoned. Now 20 years later, an enterprising couple, the Rutherford’s, have purchased the property and turned it into a horror camp. The theme for their grand opening is “CAMP OF TERROR”, where with the help of the counselors, who were the little campers 20 years earlier, they will be retelling and reliving the brutal murders. For an exorbitant sum, adults can come and witness the events that unfolded that fateful night. To lure in the new clientele, the Rutherford’s have been spreading a rumor that Echo comes back every year to get her revenge, and anyone who gets in
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IFC Midnight is set to release writer-director Ben Parker‘s suspense-filled WWII thriller Burial, this September. Today, a new poster has been released. Starring Charlotte Vega (Wrong Turn), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Barry Ward (The End of the F***king World), and Harriet Walter (The Last Duel), the film is “set during the waning days of World War II, Burial tells the fictional story of a small band of Russian soldiers tasked with delivering the crated remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia.” En route, the unit is attacked by German “Werewolf” partisans and picked off one by one. An intrepid female intelligence officer leads her surviving comrades in the last stand to ensure their cargo doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would hide the truth forever.” Burial is set to open in select theaters and arrive On Demand on September 2, 2022, from IFC Midnight.
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Several months ago we reported that John Wick star Keanu Reeves was in talks to star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City”. Reeves has now confirmed he will star in the Hulu series. The eight-episode series will be executive produced by Leonardo DiCarpio and Martin Scorcese. Sam Shaw is will serve as showrunner with Todd Fields directing. The book follows two men during The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 – one being a groundbreaking architect, Daniel H. Burnham and the other being serial killer Henry H. Holmes who built hotel referred to as the “Murder Castle,” where he racked up a body count estimated to be over 200. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. For more on H.H. Holmes, click here.
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When I first heard that Hulu’s new movie Prey, a new installment of the Predator franchise, would be set in the past I had questions about how that would work and if it would even be worth watching, I mean. Let’s face it, most of the recent Predator movies suck. I got comfy, snuggled up with my dogs (Freyja and Rosie), and settled in. And I hit play on what I was expecting to be hot garbage. But that’s not what I got. Instead, I got a great movie. Prey follows Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior, who has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her tribe, she sets out to protect her people, stalking and ultimately fighting what turns out to be an alien predator. First, I want to express how grateful I am that the Native American characters are actually played by
Continue reading →
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This August, dive into Saban Films’ shark thriller Maneater, from writer-director Justin Lee, which follows a group of friends on a getaway faced with a man-eating shark. “What better place to drown your sorrows than an idyllic island paradise? That was the idea when Jesse’s friends convinced her to not let a broken engagement stand in the way of enjoying her prepaid honeymoon. Their sorrows weren’t the only thing going to drown on their trip, especially with a man-eating shark swimming just below the surface.” The action-packed survival film stars Nicky Whelan (Halloween II), musician/actor Trace Adkins (I Can Only Imagine), Jeff Fahey (“Lost”), and Shane West (Escape the Field). Maneater swims into theaters, on to Digital, and On Demand on August 26, 2022, from Saban Films.
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From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard comes Thirteen Lives which recounts the incredible true story of the rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave during a rainstorm in 2018, leaving people around the world glued to their TVs as the rescue unfolded. To celebrate its release, we’ve got a new clip in which rescues first locate the missing children. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process. Written by William Nicholson, based on a story by Nicholson and Don Macpherson, the film features an all-star cast that
Continue reading →
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IDW (NYSE American: IDW), a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms, announced today it is teaming up with Ánima (Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires, Legend Quest, Space Chickens in Space), the leading animation studio in Latin America, to develop and produce an adult animated television series based on IDW Publishing’s Brutal Nature comic books. Created by Saracino and Olivetti and produced by Fernando De Fuentes S and José C. García de Letona, alongside the IDW team, Brutal Nature is about a collection of masks that transforms a young man into innumerable beasts and monsters. The Brutal Nature comic, first published in 2016, is a twist on the Spanish conquest of South America in which a young man is in possession of a set of masks that transform him into great beasts and monsters which he becomes in order to keep the Spanish from wiping out villages. With
Continue reading →
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Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone, which recently opened in theaters on June 24th, bringing in $100,000,000 worldwide, is out next week on home release! The movie centers on “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney. Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke appears in the terrifying role of his career and Mason Thames in his film debut, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson who wrote and directed Sinister, which also starred Hawke. He’s also behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also star. The film’s screenplay is by
Continue reading →
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Camp counselors are hunted in the long-awaited sequel to cult slasher, Don’t F*ck in the Woods, which comes home this October. Following the arrival of a mysterious woman, a group of camp counselors partying before the summer season begins must face off against parasitic monsters that are attracted to sexual activity. The long-awaited sequel to Shawn Burkett’s 2016 cult hit film stars Brittany Blanton, Cheyenne Gordon, Julie Anne Prescott, Kaylee Williams, Mark Justice, and Jason Crowe. Don’t F*ck in the Woods 2 slashes its way onto Digital on October 11, 2022, with a Blu-ray release to follow in December from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Better Noise Music has just released the theme song, “21 Bullets” as well as the new trailer for the horror film The Retaliators, directed by Bridget Smith and Samuel Gonzalez Jr. In anticipation of the forthcoming cinematic release of BETTER NOISE FILMS’ new horror-thriller, they have released the movie’s theme song along with a music video featuring clips from the film. “The Retaliators Theme Song (21 Bullets)”, co-written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael of Sixx: A.M., features Mötley Crüe, Asking Alexandria, Ice Nine Kills, From Ashes To New and is featured on The Retaliators Original Motion Picture Soundtrack due out September 16, 2022. “Writing a new theme song for a horror flick was inspiring,” says Sixx. “This was my first time writing for a horror-thriller film, and it took me in a different direction from the first theme song I wrote – ‘The Dirt (1981)’ by Mötley Crüe. I worked with some great new artists to create a new
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNews
Orlando Rodriguez (13 Fanboy) joins Bonnie Aarons (The Nun, Conjuring 2), Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising), and Devanny Pinn (House of Manson) in the new horror film, Camp Pleasant Lake. Set “on Halloween weekend, 20 years ago at Camp Pleasant Lake, little Echo Meadows was kidnapped, and her parents were brutally murdered. In the aftermath, the camp was shut down and left abandoned. Now 20 years later, an enterprising couple, the Rutherford’s, have purchased the property and turned it into a horror camp. The theme for their grand opening is “CAMP OF TERROR”, where with the help of the counselors, who were the little campers 20 years earlier, they will be retelling and reliving the brutal murders. For an exorbitant sum, adults can come and witness the events that unfolded that fateful night. To lure in the new clientele, the Rutherford’s have been spreading a rumor that Echo comes back every year to get her revenge, and anyone who gets in
Continue reading →
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IFC Midnight is set to release writer-director Ben Parker‘s suspense-filled WWII thriller Burial, this September. Today, a new poster has been released. Starring Charlotte Vega (Wrong Turn), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Barry Ward (The End of the F***king World), and Harriet Walter (The Last Duel), the film is “set during the waning days of World War II, Burial tells the fictional story of a small band of Russian soldiers tasked with delivering the crated remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia.” En route, the unit is attacked by German “Werewolf” partisans and picked off one by one. An intrepid female intelligence officer leads her surviving comrades in the last stand to ensure their cargo doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would hide the truth forever.” Burial is set to open in select theaters and arrive On Demand on September 2, 2022, from IFC Midnight.
Continue reading →
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Several months ago we reported that John Wick star Keanu Reeves was in talks to star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City”. Reeves has now confirmed he will star in the Hulu series. The eight-episode series will be executive produced by Leonardo DiCarpio and Martin Scorcese. Sam Shaw is will serve as showrunner with Todd Fields directing. The book follows two men during The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 – one being a groundbreaking architect, Daniel H. Burnham and the other being serial killer Henry H. Holmes who built hotel referred to as the “Murder Castle,” where he racked up a body count estimated to be over 200. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. For more on H.H. Holmes, click here.
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