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John Carpenter The First Guest On New "Full Moon Freakshow" Podcast (Watch)

John Carpenter The First Guest On New “Full Moon Freakshow” Podcast (Watch)

The infamous King of B-Horror, Charles Band, the man behind Full Moon Pictures, has now released the first episode of his brand new weekly podcast/vidcast, “Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow” joined by some horror’s biggest heavy-hitters… and just released the never-before-seen trailer! This week, for its first ass-kicking episode, Charlie welcomes his old pal, the iconic director and composer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) for an intimate, revealing, relaxed, and often hilarious, candid conversation. Some folks might not know that Carpenter – under the nom de plume John T. Chance – served as editor of Charlie’s first feature film, 1973’s softcore comedy Last Foxtrot In Burbank. The stories these two titans share will leave your jaw properly dropped! “Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow” is available as a vidcast show on Full Moon Features and Full Moon’s Amazon Prime channel and an audio podcast on every known podcast platform (listen here). New episodes will arrive every Tuesday.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Lionsgate Celebrates The Release Of Ti West's 'X' By Releasing New Clips (Watch)

Get A Limited Edition Poster When You Buy Ti West’s ‘X’ On Blu-ray

After making a splash at theaters, writer-director Ti West‘s sexy new horror film, X, which has a killer soundtrack, is out now from A24 (review)! In the film, set in 1979, “a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast soon finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.” Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Mia Goth (Suspiria) star along with Scott Mescudi, Kid Cudi (Don’t Look Up, Creepshow), and Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Pitch Perfect) in this nightmare-inducing film. X, whose opening scene you can watch here, is now out on Digital and Blu-ray from A24. As a bonus, you’ll recieve a limited edition art print that was a collaboration with director Ti West (below).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Audience Walks Out During Cannes Screening Of Cronenberg's 'Crimes Of The Future'

Audience Walks Out During Cannes Screening Of Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes Of The Future’

David Cronenberg, known for his body horror, like in The Fly, has a new film coming out, Crimes of the Future which made its world premiere recently at Cannes. Some viewers just couldn’t handle it and walked out within the first five minutes, with more leaving the theater “during a particularly grotesque scene involving Léa Seydoux and an open wound.” IGN reports. But Cronenberg expected it would happen. “There are some very strong scenes,” explained Cronenberg. “I mean, I’m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. I’m sure of that. Some people who have seen the film have said that they think the last 20 minutes will be very hard on people and that there’ll be a lot of walkouts. Some guy said that he almost had a panic attack.” Starring Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Léa Seydoux, the film is set in the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Dark Star Pictures Releases Home Invasion Thriller 'Human Factors'

Dark Star Pictures Releases Home Invasion Thriller ‘Human Factors’

Dark Star Pictures’ home invasion thriller Human Factors, which screened at Sundance, is out today. Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, and Wanja Valentin Kube star in the German-Italian-Danish production from director Ronny Trocker, The film centers on couple Nina and Jan who have signed a new politically-charged client, forcing them to confront their clashing priorities. To escape mounting tensions at work, they whisk their kids, Max and Emma, away to their seaside vacation home. But what’s meant to be an idyllic off-season retreat turns sinister when a mysterious home invasion sets everything off balance. Though at first, the aftermath brings the family closer, as they try to put the incident into perspective, their accounts of what took place begin to unravel alongside the couple’s faith in each other. Human Factors lands on Digital on May 24, 2022, from Dark Star Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Action-Thriller 'Ambulance' Is Out Now On Blu-ray, DVD, And Digital

Action-Thriller ‘Ambulance’ Is Out Now On Blu-ray, DVD, And Digital

Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever in the breakneck thriller, Ambulance, by director-producer Michael Bay.! In the movie, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s building medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home), a charismatic career criminal. Danny, instead of a loan, offers Will a place on his team out to make the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history, a $32 million score. With his wife’s survival on the line, it’s an offer Will can’t refuse. “But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
HorrorFuel.com's "Top 10 Horror Shows Of 2022"

Final “Stranger Things” Trailer Turns The World Upside Down

After a long, long wait, Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” returns for the first half of season four this week. Ahead of the premiere, the final trailer has arrived, revealing a world turned upside down. In the new season, “It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends is separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.” The ensemble cast of the hit series includes Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Sadie Sink, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson, and Brett Gelman. Set to premiere in two parts, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
Arrow Announces Thrilling June Lineup Of Movies & More

Arrow Announces Thrilling June Lineup Of Movies & More

Arrow Video has just announced the June 2022 lineup of its new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. The June 2022 lineup leads with the ARROW release of Mark O’Brien’s extraordinary psychological chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit, available June 10 in the US, UK, and Ireland. This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien (AMC’s “61st Street”, Ready or Not, Blue Bayou) is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The film stars O’Brien, Henry Czerny (Ready or Not, Mission Impossible, “Revenge”), and Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow, The Final Cut, “Shadowhunters”). The Righteous had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, winning the Cheval Noir and Silver Award, and has since gone on to win a Bloody at the 2021 Blood in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
'Sewer Gators' Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

‘Sewer Gators’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

When killer alligators unleash chaos on a from the sewers of a small Louisiana town, it’s up to a local sheriff, an alligator expert, and an old gator hunter to kill the beasts in Sewer Gators! From writer-director Paul Dale, and starring Manon Pages (“The Purge”, Demigod), comes a limb-crunching, scaly new creature feature in the tradition of the classics Alligator and Lake Placid! On the day of the film’s release, the film’s cast and crew will be also participating in a free live stream of the film (here). Sewer Gators sinks its teeth into VOD, DVD, and Blu-Ray, and will be available on collectible VHS on June 3, 2022, from the official BY THE HORNS site.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
'Scare Zone', Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

‘Scare Zone’, Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

Scare Zone, a feature film made at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, is set to debut on VOD and The Terror Film Channel this week. “Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House …or, is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives, and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it’s one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things begin to happen and people end up dead, the visitors of Scare Zone think it’s all just part of the “show”!” From writer-director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, starring “SEAL Team’s” Neil Brown, Jr, Arian Ash (Lonely Hearts), Michele Simms (Sex Drive), Jordan Woods-Robinson (The Walking Dead), Chris Burns (Bloodline) and Simon Needham. “Ever since I first walked through a Halloween haunted house, I’ve had the same dreadful thought; “What if a killer has nested in the attraction and, dressed as one of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
Things You Didn't Know About 'The Thing'

‘The Thing’ Returning To Theaters To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

To celebrate its 4oth anniversary, John Carpenter’s classic The Thing is returning to theaters this June for a limited time, courtesy of Fandom Events. Carpenter made the announcement himself on social media, saying “I loved making this movie, and I’m so excited that people can celebrate it and see it in theaters 40 years later,” In the brilliant film, “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.” Featuring ground-breaking effects for its time from Rob Bottin, The Thing stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, and more. Get your tickets now from Fandom Events and head to theaters on June 19th through the 22nd. The Thing is 40 years old! Get your tickets to see it, IN THEATERS, for two days only, on June 19 and 22 at https://t.co/PC3e0uGcrT pic.twitter.com/fGr1j32FLn — John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) May 20, 2022

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022

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John Carpenter The First Guest On New "Full Moon Freakshow" Podcast (Watch)

John Carpenter The First Guest On New “Full Moon Freakshow” Podcast (Watch)

The infamous King of B-Horror, Charles Band, the man behind Full Moon Pictures, has now released the first episode of his brand new weekly podcast/vidcast, “Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow” joined by some horror’s biggest heavy-hitters… and just released the never-before-seen trailer! This week, for its first ass-kicking episode, Charlie welcomes his old pal, the iconic director and composer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) for an intimate, revealing, relaxed, and often hilarious, candid conversation. Some folks might not know that Carpenter – under the nom de plume John T. Chance – served as editor of Charlie’s first feature film, 1973’s softcore comedy Last Foxtrot In Burbank. The stories these two titans share will leave your jaw properly dropped! “Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow” is available as a vidcast show on Full Moon Features and Full Moon’s Amazon Prime channel and an audio podcast on every known podcast platform (listen here). New episodes will arrive every Tuesday.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Lionsgate Celebrates The Release Of Ti West's 'X' By Releasing New Clips (Watch)

Get A Limited Edition Poster When You Buy Ti West’s ‘X’ On Blu-ray

After making a splash at theaters, writer-director Ti West‘s sexy new horror film, X, which has a killer soundtrack, is out now from A24 (review)! In the film, set in 1979, “a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast soon finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.” Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Mia Goth (Suspiria) star along with Scott Mescudi, Kid Cudi (Don’t Look Up, Creepshow), and Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Pitch Perfect) in this nightmare-inducing film. X, whose opening scene you can watch here, is now out on Digital and Blu-ray from A24. As a bonus, you’ll recieve a limited edition art print that was a collaboration with director Ti West (below).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Audience Walks Out During Cannes Screening Of Cronenberg's 'Crimes Of The Future'

Audience Walks Out During Cannes Screening Of Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes Of The Future’

David Cronenberg, known for his body horror, like in The Fly, has a new film coming out, Crimes of the Future which made its world premiere recently at Cannes. Some viewers just couldn’t handle it and walked out within the first five minutes, with more leaving the theater “during a particularly grotesque scene involving Léa Seydoux and an open wound.” IGN reports. But Cronenberg expected it would happen. “There are some very strong scenes,” explained Cronenberg. “I mean, I’m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. I’m sure of that. Some people who have seen the film have said that they think the last 20 minutes will be very hard on people and that there’ll be a lot of walkouts. Some guy said that he almost had a panic attack.” Starring Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Léa Seydoux, the film is set in the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Dark Star Pictures Releases Home Invasion Thriller 'Human Factors'

Dark Star Pictures Releases Home Invasion Thriller ‘Human Factors’

Dark Star Pictures’ home invasion thriller Human Factors, which screened at Sundance, is out today. Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, and Wanja Valentin Kube star in the German-Italian-Danish production from director Ronny Trocker, The film centers on couple Nina and Jan who have signed a new politically-charged client, forcing them to confront their clashing priorities. To escape mounting tensions at work, they whisk their kids, Max and Emma, away to their seaside vacation home. But what’s meant to be an idyllic off-season retreat turns sinister when a mysterious home invasion sets everything off balance. Though at first, the aftermath brings the family closer, as they try to put the incident into perspective, their accounts of what took place begin to unravel alongside the couple’s faith in each other. Human Factors lands on Digital on May 24, 2022, from Dark Star Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
Action-Thriller 'Ambulance' Is Out Now On Blu-ray, DVD, And Digital

Action-Thriller ‘Ambulance’ Is Out Now On Blu-ray, DVD, And Digital

Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever in the breakneck thriller, Ambulance, by director-producer Michael Bay.! In the movie, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s building medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home), a charismatic career criminal. Danny, instead of a loan, offers Will a place on his team out to make the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history, a $32 million score. With his wife’s survival on the line, it’s an offer Will can’t refuse. “But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2022
HorrorFuel.com's "Top 10 Horror Shows Of 2022"

Final “Stranger Things” Trailer Turns The World Upside Down

After a long, long wait, Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” returns for the first half of season four this week. Ahead of the premiere, the final trailer has arrived, revealing a world turned upside down. In the new season, “It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends is separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.” The ensemble cast of the hit series includes Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Sadie Sink, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson, and Brett Gelman. Set to premiere in two parts, the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
Arrow Announces Thrilling June Lineup Of Movies & More

Arrow Announces Thrilling June Lineup Of Movies & More

Arrow Video has just announced the June 2022 lineup of its new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. The June 2022 lineup leads with the ARROW release of Mark O’Brien’s extraordinary psychological chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit, available June 10 in the US, UK, and Ireland. This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien (AMC’s “61st Street”, Ready or Not, Blue Bayou) is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The film stars O’Brien, Henry Czerny (Ready or Not, Mission Impossible, “Revenge”), and Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow, The Final Cut, “Shadowhunters”). The Righteous had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, winning the Cheval Noir and Silver Award, and has since gone on to win a Bloody at the 2021 Blood in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
'Sewer Gators' Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

‘Sewer Gators’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

When killer alligators unleash chaos on a from the sewers of a small Louisiana town, it’s up to a local sheriff, an alligator expert, and an old gator hunter to kill the beasts in Sewer Gators! From writer-director Paul Dale, and starring Manon Pages (“The Purge”, Demigod), comes a limb-crunching, scaly new creature feature in the tradition of the classics Alligator and Lake Placid! On the day of the film’s release, the film’s cast and crew will be also participating in a free live stream of the film (here). Sewer Gators sinks its teeth into VOD, DVD, and Blu-Ray, and will be available on collectible VHS on June 3, 2022, from the official BY THE HORNS site.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
'Scare Zone', Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

‘Scare Zone’, Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

Scare Zone, a feature film made at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, is set to debut on VOD and The Terror Film Channel this week. “Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House …or, is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives, and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it’s one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things begin to happen and people end up dead, the visitors of Scare Zone think it’s all just part of the “show”!” From writer-director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, starring “SEAL Team’s” Neil Brown, Jr, Arian Ash (Lonely Hearts), Michele Simms (Sex Drive), Jordan Woods-Robinson (The Walking Dead), Chris Burns (Bloodline) and Simon Needham. “Ever since I first walked through a Halloween haunted house, I’ve had the same dreadful thought; “What if a killer has nested in the attraction and, dressed as one of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
Things You Didn't Know About 'The Thing'

‘The Thing’ Returning To Theaters To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

To celebrate its 4oth anniversary, John Carpenter’s classic The Thing is returning to theaters this June for a limited time, courtesy of Fandom Events. Carpenter made the announcement himself on social media, saying “I loved making this movie, and I’m so excited that people can celebrate it and see it in theaters 40 years later,” In the brilliant film, “A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.” Featuring ground-breaking effects for its time from Rob Bottin, The Thing stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, and more. Get your tickets now from Fandom Events and head to theaters on June 19th through the 22nd. The Thing is 40 years old! Get your tickets to see it, IN THEATERS, for two days only, on June 19 and 22 at https://t.co/PC3e0uGcrT pic.twitter.com/fGr1j32FLn — John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) May 20, 2022

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
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