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A 'Family Dinner' Turns Into A Nightmare In New Teaser

A ‘Family Dinner’ Turns Into A Nightmare In New Teaser

Let’s be honest; family dinners are a nightmare for most people. The new film, titled Family Dinner, turns into terror. Ahead of its premiere at Tribeca on June 10th, the teaser trailer has arrived for the film, written and directed by Peter Hengl. In the foreign-language film (with English subtitles), “Tired of feeling down about her weight, plus-sized 15-year-old Simi (Nina Katlein) heads to her aunt Claudia’s house for Easter weekend. Claudia (Pia Hierzegger), a popular nutritionist who’s written best-selling health books, so for Simi, spending a few days together could help change her diet and inspire weight loss.” “What should’ve been a nice holiday weekend with family quickly reveals anything but. Simi’s cousin, Filipp (Alexander Sladek), is curiously hostile towards her, while Filipp’s stepdad, Stefan (Michael Pink), is curiously the opposite towards Simi. At the same time, Claudia’s dietary guidance verges on becoming overly militant. What’s causing everyone to act so strangely and aggressively? The answers are even worse

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2022
Teaser For New Movie Turns A 'Smile' Into Something Sinister

Teaser For New Movie Turns A ‘Smile’ Into Something Sinister

Everyone loves a smile, but a big grin can become very unsettling in some situations. That’s the case with Paramount’s Smile, whose new teaser, which showed in theaters ahead of Top Gun and Crimes of the Future, will leave you with an uneasy feeling. From writer-director Parker Finn comes the mysterious film that has been made under the radar. So far, all we know is that the movie follows “a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic event that involves a patient.” The film’s official Twitter account has now shared a version of the teaser that sees a woman pass a man, frozen with a fixed grin, on a hospital bed. She leans in to examine him to no avail. But he’s not the only one with a creepy AF smile. The cast includes Sosie Bacon (“Scream” TV), Jesse T. Usher (“The Boys”), Rob Morgan (“Stranger Things”), Kyle Gallner (Scream 2022), and Caitlin Stasey

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2022
Dermot Mulroney Joins The Cast Of 'Scream 6'

Dermot Mulroney Joins The Cast Of ‘Scream 6’

The cast continues to expand for the next installment of the Scream franchise with new and returning stars, including the survivors from this year’s movie, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, as well as franchise star Courtney Cox, and Hayden Panettiere from Scream 4. THR reports that the newest addition to the cast is Dermot Mulroney, who has starred in films such as Insidious 3, as well as “The Purge” series, “American Horror Story,” and the killer series “Hanna” and “Prodigal Son.” Mulroney will play the role of a cop in the new movie. This time, “the saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) will helm the film, with James Vanderbilt (Scream, Murder Mystery) and Guy Busick (Scream, Ready or Not) writing the script. Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein, and William

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'The Summoned' Unleashed Today On VOD

XYZ Fast Tracks Supernatural Horror ‘The Summoned’ For A Summer Release

XYZ Films has just snagged Mark Meir‘s Faustian morality tale, The Summoned, and fast-tracked it for a July release following Its premiere last night at the Overlook Film Festival. In the film, young Elijah ( J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rock-star girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt. Directed by Mark Meir from the script written by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky, The Summoned‘s cast includes J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton on Broadway, AMC’s The Son), Emma Fitzpatrick (“The Social Network”), Salvador Chacon (FX’s Mayans M.C.), Angela Gulner (Netflix’s GLOW), and Freddy Douglas (Hallmark’s The Odyssey). A Wicked Myth and Happy Little Guillotine Studios co-production, the picture is Produced by Baranovsky, Meir, Gulner, Justin Mark Morrison, and Dashiell Reinhardt. “All I can say is that I felt summoned to work on THE SUMMONED! Mark, Yuri, and Angela created something smart and scary, and I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
Documentary 'Pennywise: The Story of IT' Finally Scores A Summer Release

Documentary ‘Pennywise: The Story of IT’ Finally Scores A Summer Release

It’s been over 30 years since the 1990 mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s “IT” debuted, and still, it remains dear in the hearts of horror fans. This July, the highly anticipated new documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT will delve into the story and its making, premiering this Summer. The documentary was co-directed by John Campopiano (Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary) and Christopher Griffiths (Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser) and produced by Gary Smart (Dark Ditties Presents). It takes an in-depth look at the mini-series as well as its infamous villain, Pennywise, and the impact it made on culture. It features exclusive interviews with many cult classic’s key players, including cast members Richard Thomas, Seth Green, and Tim Curry, who portrayed the iconic killer clown Pennywise and director Tommy Lee Wallace and special effects makeup artist Bart Mixon. It also features behind-the-scenes footage and more. Pennywise: The Story of IT opens in select theaters and arrives on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
The Museum Of Moving Image Announces Major "Films Of The Dead" Event

The Museum Of Moving Image Announces Major “Films Of The Dead” Event

From June 25, 2022, through January 1, 2023, the Museum of the Moving Image will present Living with The Walking Dead, a major new exhibition exploring the origins, production, fandom, and impact of the long-running AMC series “The Walking Dead.” The event is presented with support from Shudder, and the series accompanies the first month of the major museum exhibition “Living with The Walking Dead.” The first month of the exhibition will be accompanied by the screening series Films of the Dead: Romero and Co., anchored by the seminal films of George A. Romero, starting with his 1968 independent masterpiece Night of the Living Dead. The eleven-film series, presented with support from horror streamer Shudder, includes films from Romero’s cinematic zombie corpus, plus a delirious selection of modern variations from directors as varied as Edgar Wright, Zack Snyder, Jim Jarmusch, and Shinichiro Ueda. Many films will be paired as double-feature presentations (one ticket price for two films). Few film subgenres

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Ray Liotta's Action-Packed Movie 'No Escape' Is Being Re-Released

Ray Liotta’s Action-Packed Movie ‘No Escape’ Is Being Re-Released

To honor the memory of celebrated actor Ray Liotta, who passed away earlier this week at 67, Unearthed Films is re-releasing 1994’s No Escape, set in 2022. From the makers of Aliens and The Terminator, the film is set in the prison of the future, escape is impossible, and survival isn’t much easier. A soldier convicted of murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts. Liotta leads the cast as Captain J.T. Robbins and is joined by Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Ernie Hudson, and Kevin O’Conner. We are all saddened at the sudden loss of Ray Liotta. His unforgettable performances will remain in the collective minds and hearts of us all. We are happy to be able to release one of his underrated classics with the sci-fi adventure NO ESCAPE. We thank Ray Liotta for the entertainment and being a part of our lives. Rest in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Kesha Explores The Paranormal In New Discovery+ Series "Conjuring Kesha"

Kesha Explores The Paranormal In New Discovery+ Series “Conjuring Kesha”

Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter and global pop superstar Kesha has a message for everyone who shares her deep passion for supernatural and paranormal: “Let’s go!” Kesha is getting her own series on discovery+, “Conjuring Kesha“! Beginning Friday, July 8, 2022, she expands her understanding of the universe, journeying deep into the heart of Darnell while checking off her paranormal bucket list. In the six one-hour episodes, Kesha explores the nation’s biggest mysteries, haunted locations, ns and supernatural phenomena with exciting celebrity guests and experts in the unexplained. Two episodes drop Friday, July 8th, and the four subsequent episodes premiere weekly on Fridays through August 5th. “To me, the supernatural comes naturally,” said Kesha. “It started with my insatiable curiosity, my eternal searching for something bigger than myself. This has motivated my art, informed my music, and has given a purpose to my entire life. It’s an eternal search for proof of God. But it’s the adventures that I have with my friends

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
True Crime Documentary 'Lovely Jackson' Premiering At Justice Film Festival

A Lie Leads To A Wrongful Conviction In New Clip From True Crime Doc ‘Lovely Jackson’

Is there anything worse than being punished for a crime you didn’t commit? Today, we have a new clip from Zodiac Features’ new biographical true crime docu-thriller, Lovely Jackson, the feature directorial debut from filmmaker Matt Waldeck, p.g.a. (“I See You”) ahead of its world premiere at the iconic American Black Film Festival on June 17th. Lovely Jackson is a boldly cinematic epic journey that begins in tragedy, hopelessness, injustice, and death but ends in triumph, beauty, and new life. Focused on America’s longest wrongfully held exonerated prisoner, Rickey Jackson, returns to the actual prison where his 39-year journey of survival began in 1976 and guides his younger self from death row to freedom while facing his real-life accusers along the way, along with critical assistance from The Ohio Innocence Project. Lovely Jackson is a shocking and moving true story about perseverance through the darkest and most hopeless of circumstances that begins in violence and ends with love. This documentary

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Chattanooga Film Festival’s Second Wave Announcement Offers Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic

Chattanooga Film Festival’s Second Wave Announcement Offers Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic

Chattanooga Film Festival has announced its terrific second wave of films and special events for this year’s edition, scheduled for June 23–28. Twenty features, a bevy of short films, and special events ranging from live podcasts to super-special guests to a magic show are set to appeal to genre-film fans of every stripe. Following is the official press information. As the Chattanooga Film Festival (CFF) dates of June 23rd – 28th draw near, festival organizers are excited to announce the second and final wave of programming, consisting of 20 additional features, six blocks of short films, and a selection of events that can be described as magical because there is magic happening—literally. Highlighting the second half of CFF’s feature film lineup is a trio of world premieres. Leading the pack is CFF 2022’s Opening Night Film THE LEECH, from filmmaker and CFF alumni Eric Pennycoff. Pennycoff follows up his debut feature SADISTIC INTENTIONS with another wild piece of cinema ready-made

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Joseph Perry
Jun 4, 2022

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A 'Family Dinner' Turns Into A Nightmare In New Teaser

A ‘Family Dinner’ Turns Into A Nightmare In New Teaser

Let’s be honest; family dinners are a nightmare for most people. The new film, titled Family Dinner, turns into terror. Ahead of its premiere at Tribeca on June 10th, the teaser trailer has arrived for the film, written and directed by Peter Hengl. In the foreign-language film (with English subtitles), “Tired of feeling down about her weight, plus-sized 15-year-old Simi (Nina Katlein) heads to her aunt Claudia’s house for Easter weekend. Claudia (Pia Hierzegger), a popular nutritionist who’s written best-selling health books, so for Simi, spending a few days together could help change her diet and inspire weight loss.” “What should’ve been a nice holiday weekend with family quickly reveals anything but. Simi’s cousin, Filipp (Alexander Sladek), is curiously hostile towards her, while Filipp’s stepdad, Stefan (Michael Pink), is curiously the opposite towards Simi. At the same time, Claudia’s dietary guidance verges on becoming overly militant. What’s causing everyone to act so strangely and aggressively? The answers are even worse

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2022
Teaser For New Movie Turns A 'Smile' Into Something Sinister

Teaser For New Movie Turns A ‘Smile’ Into Something Sinister

Everyone loves a smile, but a big grin can become very unsettling in some situations. That’s the case with Paramount’s Smile, whose new teaser, which showed in theaters ahead of Top Gun and Crimes of the Future, will leave you with an uneasy feeling. From writer-director Parker Finn comes the mysterious film that has been made under the radar. So far, all we know is that the movie follows “a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic event that involves a patient.” The film’s official Twitter account has now shared a version of the teaser that sees a woman pass a man, frozen with a fixed grin, on a hospital bed. She leans in to examine him to no avail. But he’s not the only one with a creepy AF smile. The cast includes Sosie Bacon (“Scream” TV), Jesse T. Usher (“The Boys”), Rob Morgan (“Stranger Things”), Kyle Gallner (Scream 2022), and Caitlin Stasey

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2022
Dermot Mulroney Joins The Cast Of 'Scream 6'

Dermot Mulroney Joins The Cast Of ‘Scream 6’

The cast continues to expand for the next installment of the Scream franchise with new and returning stars, including the survivors from this year’s movie, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, as well as franchise star Courtney Cox, and Hayden Panettiere from Scream 4. THR reports that the newest addition to the cast is Dermot Mulroney, who has starred in films such as Insidious 3, as well as “The Purge” series, “American Horror Story,” and the killer series “Hanna” and “Prodigal Son.” Mulroney will play the role of a cop in the new movie. This time, “the saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) will helm the film, with James Vanderbilt (Scream, Murder Mystery) and Guy Busick (Scream, Ready or Not) writing the script. Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein, and William

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'The Summoned' Unleashed Today On VOD

XYZ Fast Tracks Supernatural Horror ‘The Summoned’ For A Summer Release

XYZ Films has just snagged Mark Meir‘s Faustian morality tale, The Summoned, and fast-tracked it for a July release following Its premiere last night at the Overlook Film Festival. In the film, young Elijah ( J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rock-star girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt. Directed by Mark Meir from the script written by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky, The Summoned‘s cast includes J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton on Broadway, AMC’s The Son), Emma Fitzpatrick (“The Social Network”), Salvador Chacon (FX’s Mayans M.C.), Angela Gulner (Netflix’s GLOW), and Freddy Douglas (Hallmark’s The Odyssey). A Wicked Myth and Happy Little Guillotine Studios co-production, the picture is Produced by Baranovsky, Meir, Gulner, Justin Mark Morrison, and Dashiell Reinhardt. “All I can say is that I felt summoned to work on THE SUMMONED! Mark, Yuri, and Angela created something smart and scary, and I

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
Documentary 'Pennywise: The Story of IT' Finally Scores A Summer Release

Documentary ‘Pennywise: The Story of IT’ Finally Scores A Summer Release

It’s been over 30 years since the 1990 mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s “IT” debuted, and still, it remains dear in the hearts of horror fans. This July, the highly anticipated new documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT will delve into the story and its making, premiering this Summer. The documentary was co-directed by John Campopiano (Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary) and Christopher Griffiths (Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser) and produced by Gary Smart (Dark Ditties Presents). It takes an in-depth look at the mini-series as well as its infamous villain, Pennywise, and the impact it made on culture. It features exclusive interviews with many cult classic’s key players, including cast members Richard Thomas, Seth Green, and Tim Curry, who portrayed the iconic killer clown Pennywise and director Tommy Lee Wallace and special effects makeup artist Bart Mixon. It also features behind-the-scenes footage and more. Pennywise: The Story of IT opens in select theaters and arrives on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2022
The Museum Of Moving Image Announces Major "Films Of The Dead" Event

The Museum Of Moving Image Announces Major “Films Of The Dead” Event

From June 25, 2022, through January 1, 2023, the Museum of the Moving Image will present Living with The Walking Dead, a major new exhibition exploring the origins, production, fandom, and impact of the long-running AMC series “The Walking Dead.” The event is presented with support from Shudder, and the series accompanies the first month of the major museum exhibition “Living with The Walking Dead.” The first month of the exhibition will be accompanied by the screening series Films of the Dead: Romero and Co., anchored by the seminal films of George A. Romero, starting with his 1968 independent masterpiece Night of the Living Dead. The eleven-film series, presented with support from horror streamer Shudder, includes films from Romero’s cinematic zombie corpus, plus a delirious selection of modern variations from directors as varied as Edgar Wright, Zack Snyder, Jim Jarmusch, and Shinichiro Ueda. Many films will be paired as double-feature presentations (one ticket price for two films). Few film subgenres

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Ray Liotta's Action-Packed Movie 'No Escape' Is Being Re-Released

Ray Liotta’s Action-Packed Movie ‘No Escape’ Is Being Re-Released

To honor the memory of celebrated actor Ray Liotta, who passed away earlier this week at 67, Unearthed Films is re-releasing 1994’s No Escape, set in 2022. From the makers of Aliens and The Terminator, the film is set in the prison of the future, escape is impossible, and survival isn’t much easier. A soldier convicted of murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts. Liotta leads the cast as Captain J.T. Robbins and is joined by Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Ernie Hudson, and Kevin O’Conner. We are all saddened at the sudden loss of Ray Liotta. His unforgettable performances will remain in the collective minds and hearts of us all. We are happy to be able to release one of his underrated classics with the sci-fi adventure NO ESCAPE. We thank Ray Liotta for the entertainment and being a part of our lives. Rest in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Kesha Explores The Paranormal In New Discovery+ Series "Conjuring Kesha"

Kesha Explores The Paranormal In New Discovery+ Series “Conjuring Kesha”

Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter and global pop superstar Kesha has a message for everyone who shares her deep passion for supernatural and paranormal: “Let’s go!” Kesha is getting her own series on discovery+, “Conjuring Kesha“! Beginning Friday, July 8, 2022, she expands her understanding of the universe, journeying deep into the heart of Darnell while checking off her paranormal bucket list. In the six one-hour episodes, Kesha explores the nation’s biggest mysteries, haunted locations, ns and supernatural phenomena with exciting celebrity guests and experts in the unexplained. Two episodes drop Friday, July 8th, and the four subsequent episodes premiere weekly on Fridays through August 5th. “To me, the supernatural comes naturally,” said Kesha. “It started with my insatiable curiosity, my eternal searching for something bigger than myself. This has motivated my art, informed my music, and has given a purpose to my entire life. It’s an eternal search for proof of God. But it’s the adventures that I have with my friends

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
True Crime Documentary 'Lovely Jackson' Premiering At Justice Film Festival

A Lie Leads To A Wrongful Conviction In New Clip From True Crime Doc ‘Lovely Jackson’

Is there anything worse than being punished for a crime you didn’t commit? Today, we have a new clip from Zodiac Features’ new biographical true crime docu-thriller, Lovely Jackson, the feature directorial debut from filmmaker Matt Waldeck, p.g.a. (“I See You”) ahead of its world premiere at the iconic American Black Film Festival on June 17th. Lovely Jackson is a boldly cinematic epic journey that begins in tragedy, hopelessness, injustice, and death but ends in triumph, beauty, and new life. Focused on America’s longest wrongfully held exonerated prisoner, Rickey Jackson, returns to the actual prison where his 39-year journey of survival began in 1976 and guides his younger self from death row to freedom while facing his real-life accusers along the way, along with critical assistance from The Ohio Innocence Project. Lovely Jackson is a shocking and moving true story about perseverance through the darkest and most hopeless of circumstances that begins in violence and ends with love. This documentary

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2022
Chattanooga Film Festival’s Second Wave Announcement Offers Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic

Chattanooga Film Festival’s Second Wave Announcement Offers Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic

Chattanooga Film Festival has announced its terrific second wave of films and special events for this year’s edition, scheduled for June 23–28. Twenty features, a bevy of short films, and special events ranging from live podcasts to super-special guests to a magic show are set to appeal to genre-film fans of every stripe. Following is the official press information. As the Chattanooga Film Festival (CFF) dates of June 23rd – 28th draw near, festival organizers are excited to announce the second and final wave of programming, consisting of 20 additional features, six blocks of short films, and a selection of events that can be described as magical because there is magic happening—literally. Highlighting the second half of CFF’s feature film lineup is a trio of world premieres. Leading the pack is CFF 2022’s Opening Night Film THE LEECH, from filmmaker and CFF alumni Eric Pennycoff. Pennycoff follows up his debut feature SADISTIC INTENTIONS with another wild piece of cinema ready-made

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jun 4, 2022
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