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Frank Grillo To Lead The Cast Of Cult Thriller 'Man's Son'

Frank Grillo To Lead The Cast Of Cult Thriller ‘Man’s Son’

The Purge actor Frank Grillo is set to star alongside Sarah Dumont ( Scouts Guide to the Apocalypse) in the upcoming cult-based horror-thriller Man’s Son. Deadline is reporting that the cast also includes Will Peltz (Unfriended) and Sydelle Noel (GLOW), Jaime King (My Bloody Valentine), Katherine Hughes (Kingdom), and Josh Plasse (“iCarly). “The story surrounds a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.” Remy Grillo (Oil and Blood on Canvas) is in the director’s chair. Josh Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script inspired by modern occult activity in the California Desert, including the Mason family. Man’s Son will be released by XYZ Films in late 2022 or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2022
A New Evil Arises In The Season 4 Trailer Of "Stranger Things"

A New Evil Arises In The Season 4 Trailer Of “Stranger Things”

The wait is finally over, the trailer for season 4 of “Stranger Things” is finally here! This season picks up six months after the events of the finale. The kids are trying to live normal lives, but that’s easier said than done. A new and horrifying supernatural threat has surfaced and a war is coming. 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 first half of the season will arrive on May 27th with the second half premiering on July 1st, with a total of nine episodes that are said to have the double run time of previous episodes. Created by The Duffer Brothers, “Stranger Things” returns this May.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2022
Dee Wallace Joins Rob Zombie's "The Munsters"

Dee Wallace Joins Rob Zombie’s “The Munsters”

Rob Zombie continues to tease fans with glimpses of and updates about his upcoming reboot of “The Munsters.” Today, Zombie announced that he would be reuniting with Dee Wallace, who has previously starred in Zombie’s films Halloween, Lords of Salem, and 3 from Hell. “Dee is the voice of GOOD MORNING TRANSYLVANIA! Transylvania’s 2nd favorite morning show… soon slipping to 3rd if they don’t update their format.” Zombie stated on social media. Wallace has starred in over 127 films and series. She’s known for her roles in the horror classics such as the 1983’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo, the werewolf classic The Howling, and Critters, as well as playing the mother in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Jeff Daniel Phillips, who appears in many of Zombie’s projects, is playing Herman Munster. Sheri Moon Zombie is starring as Lily Munster, and Daniel Roebuck will play Grandpa Munster. Richard Brake (31, 3 from Hell), another Zombie favorite, is playing Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
NACON Unveils 'Hell Is Us'

NACON Unveils ‘Hell Is Us’

NACON and Rogue Factor are teaming up to bring gamers the action-adventure game Hell is Us. Development for Hell is Us will be overseen by creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, who has worked on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and more recently Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Hell is Us is a third-person game taking place in a semi-open world where exploration is key with no quest logs or waypoints which will allow players to use their own instincts to guide them in the world. The game takes place in a country ravaged by civil war with a character who sets out to uncover his past. The landscape is not only showing the scars of war but is also now plagued by the sudden appearance of supernatural creatures that resemble ancient headstones and monuments that people call “The Calamity”. Our protagonist is armed with specialty forged weapons capable of fighting these creatures which he must learn how to

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Apr 12, 2022
Thriller 'Human Factors' Debuts Trailer Ahead Of May Release

Thriller ‘Human Factors’ Debuts Trailer Ahead Of May Release

Dark Star Pictures has just announced the May release date for Human Factors, which made a successful festival tour earlier this year. Directed by Ronny Trocker, the psychological thriller played Berlin, Cleveland IFF, Sao Paulo IFF, & more after its debut at Sundance in 2021. Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, and Wanja Valentin Kube star in the German-Italian-Danish production which features “intelligent performances and an unnerving, tense mood” (The Guardian). In the film, ” atthe advertising agency they co-own couple Nina and Jan 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
New Horror Set In A "Spirit Halloween" Store Headed Your Way

New Horror Set In A “Spirit Halloween” Store Headed Your Way

Strike Back Studios and Hideout Pictures have just announced they have wrapped principal photography of Spirit Halloween, inspired by the Halloween store franchise. In the film, which marks David Poag‘s feature directorial debut, “when a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick or treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store on Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.” Rachael Leigh Cook (He’s All That, Love, Guaranteed), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future trilogy), and Marla Gibbs (El Camino: A Breaking Bad movie) star alongside up and coming young actors Donavan Colan (Zoe, Getaway), Dylan Martin Frankel (Raven’s Home, Life & Beth), Jaiden Smith (“Blue Bloods,” The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
New Clip From 'Escape The Field' Asks "Where's Denise?"

New Clip From ‘Escape The Field’ Asks “Where’s Denise?”

A group of six strangers must work together to solve a puzzle in order to survive in writer-director Emerson Moore‘s Escape the Field, set to arrive this May. To celebrate the approaching release, Lionsgate has shared a second clip, titled “Where’s Denise?” (watch the first clip here). Joshua Dobkin, and Sean Wathen wrote the film with Moore. It stars Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Tahirah Sharif, Julian Feder, Elena Juatco, and Shane West. Andrew Davies Gans, Michael Philip, Jason Moring, and Emerson Moore serve as producers. “The fear is inescapable and the suspense nonstop in this gripping horror-thriller about six strangers who suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in the distance and traps appear at every turn, the group realizes it’s been plunged into a cat-and-mouse

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
Lionsgate Celebrates The Release Of Ti West's 'X' By Releasing New Clips (Watch)

Ti West’s ‘X’ Comes Home Today

After making a splash at theaters, writer-director Ti West‘s sexy horror X, which has a killer soundtrack available now, is coming home On Demand today. 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. Watch X On Demand on April 12, 2022, and get your copy on Blu-ray (which has some killer bonus features) this May.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH, Austria’s premiere festival for fantastic film, presents its annual SLASH ½ edition from May 5–7, 2022, at Vienna’s Filmcasino, and the fest has just announced the first wave of feature titles. Check out the fine options so far! Following is the official press announcement. This year’s SLASH ½ features films once again showcasing the dazzling range fantastic cinema has to offer. What these eleven movies share is the core theme of resistance. Already an act of resistance in and of itself—against the mainstream, against good taste, against all that is established and agreeable—fantastic cinema is uniquely suited to illustrate the many facets of revolt in our society. The films of this year’s SLASH ½ often revolve around self-empowerment and protest but also revenge and vigilante justice. After decades of neglect and complacency, nature has also come to collect its dues from us for abusing and exploiting it. Now is its time to strike back with full force, in the

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Joseph Perry
Apr 11, 2022
Ridley Scott Adapting Icelandic Horror Novel 'Outside' For A Feature Film

Ridley Scott Adapting Icelandic Horror Novel ‘Outside’ For A Feature Film

Before Icelandic author, Ragnar Jónasson‘s new novel Outside hits the shelves on June 28, a movie adaptation is already in the works, Deadline reports. Ridley Scott has already optioned the story under his Scott Free Productions banner which will produce along with Truenorth. Henrik Hansen is currently in talks to direct the film that tells the story of “four friends seeking shelter in a small abandoned hunting lodge during a deadly Icelandic storm. Miles from help, and knowing they will die outside in the cold, they break open the lock and make their way inside, hoping to wait out the storm until morning. But nothing can prepare them for what they find behind the door.” “Working with Ridley Scott, one of the great visionaries of cinema, is an immense honor,” Jónasson told Deadline. “I am very much looking forward to the adventure of bringing Outside to the screen with the teams at Scott Free and Truenorth.” You can pre-order your

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2022

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Frank Grillo To Lead The Cast Of Cult Thriller 'Man's Son'

Frank Grillo To Lead The Cast Of Cult Thriller ‘Man’s Son’

The Purge actor Frank Grillo is set to star alongside Sarah Dumont ( Scouts Guide to the Apocalypse) in the upcoming cult-based horror-thriller Man’s Son. Deadline is reporting that the cast also includes Will Peltz (Unfriended) and Sydelle Noel (GLOW), Jaime King (My Bloody Valentine), Katherine Hughes (Kingdom), and Josh Plasse (“iCarly). “The story surrounds a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.” Remy Grillo (Oil and Blood on Canvas) is in the director’s chair. Josh Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script inspired by modern occult activity in the California Desert, including the Mason family. Man’s Son will be released by XYZ Films in late 2022 or

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2022
A New Evil Arises In The Season 4 Trailer Of "Stranger Things"

A New Evil Arises In The Season 4 Trailer Of “Stranger Things”

The wait is finally over, the trailer for season 4 of “Stranger Things” is finally here! This season picks up six months after the events of the finale. The kids are trying to live normal lives, but that’s easier said than done. A new and horrifying supernatural threat has surfaced and a war is coming. 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 first half of the season will arrive on May 27th with the second half premiering on July 1st, with a total of nine episodes that are said to have the double run time of previous episodes. Created by The Duffer Brothers, “Stranger Things” returns this May.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2022
Dee Wallace Joins Rob Zombie's "The Munsters"

Dee Wallace Joins Rob Zombie’s “The Munsters”

Rob Zombie continues to tease fans with glimpses of and updates about his upcoming reboot of “The Munsters.” Today, Zombie announced that he would be reuniting with Dee Wallace, who has previously starred in Zombie’s films Halloween, Lords of Salem, and 3 from Hell. “Dee is the voice of GOOD MORNING TRANSYLVANIA! Transylvania’s 2nd favorite morning show… soon slipping to 3rd if they don’t update their format.” Zombie stated on social media. Wallace has starred in over 127 films and series. She’s known for her roles in the horror classics such as the 1983’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo, the werewolf classic The Howling, and Critters, as well as playing the mother in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Jeff Daniel Phillips, who appears in many of Zombie’s projects, is playing Herman Munster. Sheri Moon Zombie is starring as Lily Munster, and Daniel Roebuck will play Grandpa Munster. Richard Brake (31, 3 from Hell), another Zombie favorite, is playing Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
NACON Unveils 'Hell Is Us'

NACON Unveils ‘Hell Is Us’

NACON and Rogue Factor are teaming up to bring gamers the action-adventure game Hell is Us. Development for Hell is Us will be overseen by creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, who has worked on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and more recently Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Hell is Us is a third-person game taking place in a semi-open world where exploration is key with no quest logs or waypoints which will allow players to use their own instincts to guide them in the world. The game takes place in a country ravaged by civil war with a character who sets out to uncover his past. The landscape is not only showing the scars of war but is also now plagued by the sudden appearance of supernatural creatures that resemble ancient headstones and monuments that people call “The Calamity”. Our protagonist is armed with specialty forged weapons capable of fighting these creatures which he must learn how to

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Apr 12, 2022
Thriller 'Human Factors' Debuts Trailer Ahead Of May Release

Thriller ‘Human Factors’ Debuts Trailer Ahead Of May Release

Dark Star Pictures has just announced the May release date for Human Factors, which made a successful festival tour earlier this year. Directed by Ronny Trocker, the psychological thriller played Berlin, Cleveland IFF, Sao Paulo IFF, & more after its debut at Sundance in 2021. Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, and Wanja Valentin Kube star in the German-Italian-Danish production which features “intelligent performances and an unnerving, tense mood” (The Guardian). In the film, ” atthe advertising agency they co-own couple Nina and Jan 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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
New Horror Set In A "Spirit Halloween" Store Headed Your Way

New Horror Set In A “Spirit Halloween” Store Headed Your Way

Strike Back Studios and Hideout Pictures have just announced they have wrapped principal photography of Spirit Halloween, inspired by the Halloween store franchise. In the film, which marks David Poag‘s feature directorial debut, “when a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick or treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store on Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.” Rachael Leigh Cook (He’s All That, Love, Guaranteed), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future trilogy), and Marla Gibbs (El Camino: A Breaking Bad movie) star alongside up and coming young actors Donavan Colan (Zoe, Getaway), Dylan Martin Frankel (Raven’s Home, Life & Beth), Jaiden Smith (“Blue Bloods,” The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
New Clip From 'Escape The Field' Asks "Where's Denise?"

New Clip From ‘Escape The Field’ Asks “Where’s Denise?”

A group of six strangers must work together to solve a puzzle in order to survive in writer-director Emerson Moore‘s Escape the Field, set to arrive this May. To celebrate the approaching release, Lionsgate has shared a second clip, titled “Where’s Denise?” (watch the first clip here). Joshua Dobkin, and Sean Wathen wrote the film with Moore. It stars Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Tahirah Sharif, Julian Feder, Elena Juatco, and Shane West. Andrew Davies Gans, Michael Philip, Jason Moring, and Emerson Moore serve as producers. “The fear is inescapable and the suspense nonstop in this gripping horror-thriller about six strangers who suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in the distance and traps appear at every turn, the group realizes it’s been plunged into a cat-and-mouse

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
Lionsgate Celebrates The Release Of Ti West's 'X' By Releasing New Clips (Watch)

Ti West’s ‘X’ Comes Home Today

After making a splash at theaters, writer-director Ti West‘s sexy horror X, which has a killer soundtrack available now, is coming home On Demand today. 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. Watch X On Demand on April 12, 2022, and get your copy on Blu-ray (which has some killer bonus features) this May.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 12, 2022
SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH, Austria’s premiere festival for fantastic film, presents its annual SLASH ½ edition from May 5–7, 2022, at Vienna’s Filmcasino, and the fest has just announced the first wave of feature titles. Check out the fine options so far! Following is the official press announcement. This year’s SLASH ½ features films once again showcasing the dazzling range fantastic cinema has to offer. What these eleven movies share is the core theme of resistance. Already an act of resistance in and of itself—against the mainstream, against good taste, against all that is established and agreeable—fantastic cinema is uniquely suited to illustrate the many facets of revolt in our society. The films of this year’s SLASH ½ often revolve around self-empowerment and protest but also revenge and vigilante justice. After decades of neglect and complacency, nature has also come to collect its dues from us for abusing and exploiting it. Now is its time to strike back with full force, in the

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Apr 11, 2022
Ridley Scott Adapting Icelandic Horror Novel 'Outside' For A Feature Film

Ridley Scott Adapting Icelandic Horror Novel ‘Outside’ For A Feature Film

Before Icelandic author, Ragnar Jónasson‘s new novel Outside hits the shelves on June 28, a movie adaptation is already in the works, Deadline reports. Ridley Scott has already optioned the story under his Scott Free Productions banner which will produce along with Truenorth. Henrik Hansen is currently in talks to direct the film that tells the story of “four friends seeking shelter in a small abandoned hunting lodge during a deadly Icelandic storm. Miles from help, and knowing they will die outside in the cold, they break open the lock and make their way inside, hoping to wait out the storm until morning. But nothing can prepare them for what they find behind the door.” “Working with Ridley Scott, one of the great visionaries of cinema, is an immense honor,” Jónasson told Deadline. “I am very much looking forward to the adventure of bringing Outside to the screen with the teams at Scott Free and Truenorth.” You can pre-order your

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 11, 2022
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